Steeping

Definitions

1. A river or drainage channel, usually called the Steeping River, in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England; a continuation of the River Lymn.
2. An instance of something being steeped; a wetting.
   countable, uncountable
3. A 13th-century coin circulated in Ireland as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under King Edward I.
   historical

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Examples

“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 […]”

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