STEEP
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Steep (st&ē;p), a. Bright; glittering; fiery. [Obs.]
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His eyen steep, and rolling in his head.
Chaucer.
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Steep, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Steeped (st&ē;pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Steeping.] [OE. stepen, probably fr. Icel. steypa to cause to stoop, cast down, pour out, to cast metals, causative of st&ū;pa to stoop; cf. Sw. st&ö;pa to cast, to steep, Dan. st&ö;be, D. & G. stippen to steep, to dip. Cf. Stoop, v. i.] 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.
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Let fancy still my sense in Lethe steep.
Shak.
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In refreshing dew to steep
The little, trembling flowers.
Wordsworth.
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The learned of the nation were steeped in Latin.
Earle.
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Steep, v. i. To undergo the process of soaking in a liquid; as, the tea is steeping. [Colloq.]
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Steep, n. 1. Something steeped, or used in steeping; a fertilizing liquid to hasten the germination of seeds.
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2. A rennet bag. [Prov. Eng.]
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Steep, a. [Compar. Steeper (-&etilde_;r); superl. Steepest.] [OE. steep, step, AS. steáp; akin to Icel. steypðr steep, and st&ū;pa to stoop, Sw. stupa to fall, to tilt; cf. OFries. stap high. Cf. Stoop, v. i., Steep, v. t., Steeple.] 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.
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2. Difficult of access; not easily reached; lofty; elevated; high. [Obs.] Chapman.
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3. Excessive; as, a steep price. [Slang]
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Steep, n. 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.
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We had on each side naked rocks and mountains broken into a thousand irregular steeps and precipices.
Addison.
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Bare steeps, where desolation stalks.
Wordsworth.
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