steeping
verbEtymology
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.
Definitions
present participle and gerund of steep
An instance of something being steeped
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 […]
A 13th-century coin circulated in Ireland as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed…
A 13th-century coin circulated in Ireland as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under King Edward I.
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A river or drainage channel, usually called the Steeping River, in East Lindsey district,…
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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Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at steeping. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at steeping. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at steeping
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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