Meanings
steeping1
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of steep
plural steepings
- countableuncountableAn instance of something being steeped; a wetting.
It is usual to expect, that the first two or three wettings or steepings of grain, at the commencement of the malting season, will not make so good malt as succeeding steepings […]
1838, George Adolphus Wigney, An Elementary Dictionary, Or, Cyclopaediae, for the Use of Maltsters, Brewers &c., page 28
steeping2
Steeping3
- A river or drainage channel, usually called the Steeping River, in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England; a continuation of the River Lymn.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 13th-century coin circulated in Ireland as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under King Edward I.
Origin
From the name of Stephen de Fulbourn, who served as bishop of Waterford, archbishop of Tuam, and treasurer and justiciar of Ireland in the 1270s and 1280s.
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