steenadj.

Brit.

/stiːn/, U.S.

/stin/,

/steɪn/

Forms: Also 'steen.

Etymology: Aphetic form of sixteen.

U.S. slang.

An indefinite, (fairly) large number of; ‘umpteen’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [adjective] > used for large number

sevenOE

fortya1616

any1758

steen1886

steenth1895

zillion1901

umpty1916

umptieth1917

umpteen1918

umpteenth1918

bazillion1939

scrillion1945

1886 Tid-Bits IV. 37/2 And so I've lost a year of wooing, And more than 'steen years will repay.

1900 K. U. Clark in Independent 2573/2 Endless repetitions are not unfitly designated as occurring ‘steen’ times.

1915 S. Ford Torchy, Private Sec. xiii. 225 It's no trick at all to go into the average Rube village, 'steen miles from a railroad.

1934 S. Lewis Work of Art xxv. 338 ‘I've told you lots of times about building a really first-class inn,’ said Myron...‘Yes, sure, steen thousand times,’ said Effie.

1944 Kansas City (Missouri) Star 10 Dec. d8/7 If 'steen thousand women would give up their share.

1951 Amer. Speech 26 65/2 Steen. One would judge this word to be abstracted from sixteen. It has, I think, been familiar to me for many, many years, often in hyperbolical combinations; e.g., ‘I have steen million things to do’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

steenv.

Brit.

/stiːn/, U.S.

/stin/,

/steɪn/

Forms: Old English stǽnan, Middle English stænen, Middle English stene, Middle English steane, Middle English steyn(e, 1700s–1800s steen, stein, 1800s stean, steyn(e.

Etymology: Old English stǽnan = Old High German (Middle High German, modern German) steinen , Gothic stainjan , < Germanic *staino-z stone n.In certain northern dialects this and stone v.

†1. transitive. To stone (a person); to put to death by stoning. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by stoning

steenc950

heneOE

stonec1175

to-henea1250

lapidate1816

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > stone

steenc950

heneOE

stonec1175

lapidate1816

brickbat1830

rock1836

c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xxiii. 37 Ðu stænas [c975 Rushw. stænest] hia ðaðe to ðe gesendet sint.

a1225 Juliana 41 And ich hit am þet makede sein iuhan þe baptiste beon heafdes bicoruen & seinte stephene isteanet.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 100 Seinte stefne þet þe stanes þet me steanede him wið [etc.].

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 213 God..made ane man to stene to-uore al þe uolke uor þet he [etc.].

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 31 Þey schulde þrowe out stones þorow holes of þe walles, as it were for to stene the devel.

c1440 Gesta Romanorum 178 Jerusalem! that sleist prophites, & steynist hem that bethe I-sent to the.

c1450 Mirk's Festial 28 Þay drowen hym out of þe cyte, forto stenen hym to dethe.

a. To line (a well or other excavation) with stone, brick or other material. Also with up.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [verb (transitive)] > line excavation

sough1688

timber1702

steen1724

1724 Philos. Trans. 1722–3 (Royal Soc.) 32 192 We..artificially steen'd the whole Depth [of the well] with circular Portland Stone.

1797 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 87 325 The well was sunk and steined to the bottom.

1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §234 To dig a cesspool..and steen it with four-inch brick-work.

1838 W. Holloway Gen. Dict. Provincialisms (at cited word) To line a well with stones or bricks is to Stean it.

1839 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 2 245/2 The excavation was..steined with 9 inch brickwork in cement.

1877 Fraser's Mag. 15 422 The original plan of steyning the banks, or lining them with stones, must..be resorted to.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Steen, to build up without mortar the circular wall of a well... ‘I've a-got good stones, I'll steen un up well’.

1891 Antiquary Nov. 208 The lower part of this was steined with oak boards.

b. dialect. (See quot. 1888.)

ΚΠ

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Steen,..2. To put fresh metal on a road.

Derivatives

steened adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [adjective] > of excavation: lined with stone or brick

steened1721

1721 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (ed. 5) II. 283 He had several times seen at the pulling up of such old [ox] Stalls, some that have had a well steen'd Channel under the Planks, leading to a large steined Receptacle without the Stall.

1863 Archaeologia Cantiana 5 15 I found another steined grave of Caen stone.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	steen
释义	steenadj. Brit. /stiːn/, U.S. /stin/, /steɪn/ Forms: Also 'steen. Etymology: Aphetic form of sixteen. U.S. slang. An indefinite, (fairly) large number of; ‘umpteen’. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [adjective] > used for large number sevenOE fortya1616 any1758 steen1886 steenth1895 zillion1901 umpty1916 umptieth1917 umpteen1918 umpteenth1918 bazillion1939 scrillion1945 1886 Tid-Bits IV. 37/2 And so I've lost a year of wooing, And more than 'steen years will repay. 1900 K. U. Clark in Independent 2573/2 Endless repetitions are not unfitly designated as occurring ‘steen’ times. 1915 S. Ford Torchy, Private Sec. xiii. 225 It's no trick at all to go into the average Rube village, 'steen miles from a railroad. 1934 S. Lewis Work of Art xxv. 338 ‘I've told you lots of times about building a really first-class inn,’ said Myron...‘Yes, sure, steen thousand times,’ said Effie. 1944 Kansas City (Missouri) Star 10 Dec. d8/7 If 'steen thousand women would give up their share. 1951 Amer. Speech 26 65/2 Steen. One would judge this word to be abstracted from sixteen. It has, I think, been familiar to me for many, many years, often in hyperbolical combinations; e.g., ‘I have steen million things to do’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022). steenv. Brit. /stiːn/, U.S. /stin/, /steɪn/ Forms: Old English stǽnan, Middle English stænen, Middle English stene, Middle English steane, Middle English steyn(e, 1700s–1800s steen, stein, 1800s stean, steyn(e. Etymology: Old English stǽnan = Old High German (Middle High German, modern German) steinen , Gothic stainjan , < Germanic staino-z stone n.In certain northern dialects this and stone v. †1. transitive. To stone (a person); to put to death by stoning. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by stoning steenc950 heneOE stonec1175 to-henea1250 lapidate1816 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > stone steenc950 heneOE stonec1175 lapidate1816 brickbat1830 rock1836 c950 Lindisf. Gosp.* Matt. xxiii. 37 Ðu stænas [c975 Rushw. stænest] hia ðaðe to ðe gesendet sint. a1225 Juliana 41 And ich hit am þet makede sein iuhan þe baptiste beon heafdes bicoruen & seinte stephene isteanet. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 100 Seinte stefne þet þe stanes þet me steanede him wið [etc.]. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 213 God..made ane man to stene to-uore al þe uolke uor þet he [etc.]. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 31 Þey schulde þrowe out stones þorow holes of þe walles, as it were for to stene the devel. c1440 Gesta Romanorum 178 Jerusalem! that sleist prophites, & steynist hem that bethe I-sent to the. c1450 Mirk's Festial 28 Þay drowen hym out of þe cyte, forto stenen hym to dethe. 2. a. To line (a well or other excavation) with stone, brick or other material. Also with up. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [verb (transitive)] > line excavation sough1688 timber1702 steen1724 1724 Philos. Trans. 1722–3 (Royal Soc.) 32 192 We..artificially steen'd the whole Depth [of the well] with circular Portland Stone. 1797 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 87 325 The well was sunk and steined to the bottom. 1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §234 To dig a cesspool..and steen it with four-inch brick-work. 1838 W. Holloway Gen. Dict. Provincialisms (at cited word) To line a well with stones or bricks is to Stean it. 1839 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 2 245/2 The excavation was..steined with 9 inch brickwork in cement. 1877 Fraser's Mag. 15 422 The original plan of steyning the banks, or lining them with stones, must..be resorted to. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Steen, to build up without mortar the circular wall of a well... ‘I've a-got good stones, I'll steen un up well’. 1891 Antiquary Nov. 208 The lower part of this was steined with oak boards. b. dialect. (See quot. 1888.) ΚΠ 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Steen,..2. To put fresh metal on a road. Derivatives steened adj. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [adjective] > of excavation: lined with stone or brick steened1721 1721 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (ed. 5) II. 283 He had several times seen at the pulling up of such old [ox] Stalls, some that have had a well steen'd Channel under the Planks, leading to a large steined Receptacle without the Stall. 1863 Archaeologia Cantiana 5 15 I found another steined grave of Caen stone. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1886v.c950
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