Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
steeping en · NOUN · etymology 1
Etymology
Meanings
-
(countable, uncountable) 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 […]
1838, George Adolphus Wigney, An Elementary Dictionary, Or, Cyclopaediae, for the Use of Maltsters, Brewers &c., page 28:
Forms
steeping en · VERB · etymology 1
Etymology
Meanings
-
(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of steep
steeping en · NOUN · etymology 2
Etymology
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.
Meanings
-
(historical) A 13th-century coin circulated in Ireland as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under King Edward I.
Forms
Relateds
crockard (13th-c. counterfeit coin) · pollard (13th-c. counterfeit coin) · rosary (13th-c. counterfeit coin) · leonine (13th-c. counterfeit coin) · mitre (13th-c. counterfeit coin) · eagle (13th-c. counterfeit coin)
Synonyms
scalding · Bishop's money · stalding