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▪ I. steeper1|ˈstiːpə(r)|
[f. steep v.1 + -er1.]
1. One who steeps; spec. one who carries out the operation of steeping flax, wool, etc.
1611Cotgr., Trempeur, a dipper;..soaker, steeper. 1837Flemish Husb. ix. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) 45 The best and most experienced steepers..prefer the clear soft water of the river Lys. 1904Eng. Dial. Dict., Steeper, a wool-combing term: a man who steeps the wool before washing. w. Yks.
2. A vessel used in steeping or infusing; esp. a vat in which the indigo-plant is macerated.
1737Miller Gard. Dict. (ed. 3) s.v. Anil, The first, largest, and highest of these [Indigo] Vats is called the Steeper or Rot. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 666 (Indigo) The uppermost is called the fermenting vat, or the steeper. 1886Cornhill Mag. July 51 The would-be drinker is then expected to seize the burning hot steeper [for tea].
3. dial. A soaking rain; also, a soaking with rain.
1878E. Waugh Hermit Cobbler vii, It's a steeper, and nought else. It's th' weetest back-end we'n had this ten-year. 1898Leeds Merc. Suppl. 7 May (E.D.D.) T'rain com dahn i' buckets an' it gae me a steeper an' reight, tu.
▪ II. steeper2 dial.|ˈstiːpə(r)|
[f. steep v.2 + -er1.]
(See quot. 1837.)
1815Sporting Mag. XLV. 110 One may be placed about nine inches above the steepers of a hedge. 1837J. F. Palmer Gloss. to Mrs. Palmer's Dialogue Devon Dial., Steepers, in trimming hedges, the central branches, cut half through and laid lengthways. |