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steeping
noun 2name 1
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1STEEPING + NOUN
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noun
1
An 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 […]
noun
1
A 13th-century coin circulated in Ireland as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under King Edward I.
name
1
A river or drainage channel, usually called the Steeping River, in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England; a continuation of the River Lymn.
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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 […]
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She had the fire on and the tea steeping when Diana returned.
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