| 单词 | in steep | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasin steep  a.  The process of steeping or soaking; the state of being steeped, esp. in  (to lay) †a steep (obsolete),  †in a steep (obsolete),  in steep. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > action or process of soaking or steeping > 			[noun]		 steepc1430 soakingc1440 steepingc1440 imbibing1584 imbution1657 insuccation1664 soakage1855 c1430    Two Cookery-bks.  i. 16  				Take þe brothe, þe pouches & þe lyuerys wer sodoun in, in a stipe or on fayre brede. 1526    Grete Herball ccccxvii. sig. Y.vv  				And lete the fylynge lay a stepe a day and a nyght in vyneygre. 1563    T. Gale Certaine Wks. Chirurg.  iv. ii. f. 24v  				Let all these be beaten together and layed in stepe in Rose water. 1601    P. Holland tr.  Pliny Hist. World II.  xxxii. vii. 439  				The same ought first to be cut or shred small, and then to lie infused or in steepe a whole day and a night in water or vinegre. 1707    J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 175  				Take Plantain, Rue, [etc.]..of each an handful,..lay them in steep in a Pint of old wash. 1709    G. Baillie Househ. Bk. 		(1911)	 74  				For makeing 2 stip of mallt..£6.0.0. 1765    Museum Rusticum 3 220  				If barley is left too long on the steep in the same water, the water will grow slimy. 1800    Act 41 Geo. III c. 6 		(title)	  				For shortening..the Time of keeping in Steep for malting, Barley damaged by Rain. 1851    A. Marshall in  H. Schroeder Ann. Yorksh. 		(1851)	 I. 419  				Turning the beets inside out for the second steep. 1876    Encycl. Brit. IV. 267/2  				81½ bushels of good dry barley will, after forty-eight hours steep, swell to exactly 100 bushels. 1905    W. R. Mackintosh Around Orkney Peat-fires 		(ed. 2)	  ii. 126  				A farmer..had just taken his malt out of steep, when two excisemen paid him a visit. < as lemmas  | 
	
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