steeping

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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steeping

  1. present participle and gerund of steep

Noun

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steeping (countable and uncountable, plural steepings)

  1. An instance of something being steeped; a wetting.
    • 1838, George Adolphus Wigney, An Elementary Dictionary, Or, Cyclopaediae, for the Use of Maltsters, Brewers &c., page 28:
      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 []

Etymology 2

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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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Noun

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steeping (plural steepings)

  1. (historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin circulated in Ireland as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under King Edward I.
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