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steping

steping is the obsolete form of steeping.

Meaning of steeping

Noun (1)

steeping (countable and uncountable, plural steepings)

  1. 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

Noun (2)

steeping (plural steepings)

  1. (historical) A 13th-century coin circulated in Ireland as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under King Edward I.
    Synonyms:
    Bishop's money, scalding, stalding

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Forms of steping

pluralstepings

Questions about steping

What is steping the obsolete form of?
Steping is the obsolete form of steeping.

Words near steping in the dictionary

  1. Stephie
  2. stepholidine
  3. Stephon
  4. Stepien
  5. Stepiens
  6. steping
  7. stepings
  8. Stepinski
  9. Stepinskis
  10. stepkid
  11. stepkids

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