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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

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Steep

Steep (steep)
a.(st***emacr]p)
Steep
  1. Bright; glittering; fiery.
    [Obs.]

    His eyen steep, and rolling in his head. Chaucer.

Steep

Steep (steep)
v. t.
Steep
  1. To soak in a liquid] to macerate; to extract the essence of by soaking; as, to soften seed by steeping it in water. Often used figuratively.

    Let fancy still my sense in Lethe steep. Shak.

    In refreshing dew to steep
    The little, trembling flowers.     Wordsworth.

    The learned of the nation were steeped in Latin. Earle.

Steep

Steep (steep)
v. i.
Steep
  1. To undergo the process of soaking in a liquid; as, the tea is steeping.
    [Colloq.]

Steep

Steep (steep)
n.
Steep
  1. Something steeped, or used in steeping; a fertilizing liquid to hasten the germination of seeds.
  2. A rennet bag.
    [Prov. Eng.]

Steep

Steep (steep)
a.
Steep
  1. Making a large angle with the plane of the horizon; ascending or descending rapidly with respect to a horizontal line or a level; precipitous; as, a steep hill or mountain; a steep roof; a steep ascent; a steep declivity; a steep barometric gradient.
  2. Difficult of access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high.
    [Obs.] Chapman.
  3. Excessive; as, a steep price.
    [Slang]

Steep

Steep (steep)
n.
Steep
  1. A precipitous place, hill, mountain, rock, or ascent; any elevated object sloping with a large angle to the plane of the horizon; a precipice.
    Dryden.

    We had on each side naked rocks and mountains broken into a thousand irregular steeps and precipices. Addison.

    Bare steeps, where desolation stalks. Wordsworth.













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