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† ˈstepony Obs.
Also 7 stepponi, -ony, stipone, stiponie, stipony, 8 steponey, stepany, stepney.
[Of obscure origin; possibly a use of Stepney, the name of a parish in the East of London (cf. quot. 1656).]
A kind of raisin-wine, made from raisins with lemon-juice and sugar added.
1656Blount Glossogr., Stipone, a kind of sweet compound liquor, drunk in some places of London in the summer time. 1664G. Etherege Comical Rev. v. iv, Do not you understand the mystery of Stiponie, Jenny? 1669Sir K. Digby's Closet Opened 124 To make Stepponi. 1672H. Woolley Queen-like Closet i. (1684) 29 To make Raisin-Wine or Stepony. 1676Poor Robin's Intell. 11–18 Apr. 2/2 Then comes in the faculty of spunging Stipony, and of enflaming the reckoning as occasion shall require. a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Steppony, a Decoction of Raisins of the Sun, and Lemons in Conduit-water, sweetned with Sugar and Bottled up. 1717Poor Robin July B 2 b, They drink..Chocolate,..Stepany, Tea. 1726Dict. Rust. (ed. 3), Wine-Raisin or Stepony may be thus made [etc.]. 1785Grose Dict. Vulgar T., Stepney. |