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steeping

noun — 2 senses

steeping

noun
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:

steeping

noun

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.

1

Hobbies, Lifestyle, Numismatics 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
Related terms
pollard, rosary, mitre, leonine, crockard, eagle

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