steep-downadj.

Etymology: < steep adj. + down adv. Compare steep-up adj.

Obsolete exc. poetic.

a. Precipitous.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > inclined from level or sloping > steep (except of hills, etc.)

staira1175

slidingc1325

steepa1400–50

side?a1475

right-up1511

steep-down1530

steepwise1542

headlonga1557

steep-up?a1560

pitch hill1560

pendent1587

high-pitched1596

steeped1596

perpendicular1598

steepy1735

declivitous1799

steepish1814

escarped1853

steep-cut1888

swooping1956

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 827/1 Stepe downe, tout bas en droycte lygne.

1542 T. Elyot Bibliotheca Cliuosus,..pytching down or stiepe down [1545 stiepe doune].

1560 Bible (Geneva) Matt. viii. 32 The whole herd of swine was caryed with violence from a stiepe downe place into the sea.

1584 R. Greene Gwydonius f. 25 The cliffes so steep-downe and fearefull, as to descend was no lesse daunger then death it selfe.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) v. ii. 287 Whippe me you Diuells..Wash me in steepe downe gulphes of liquid fire.

1648 J. Beaumont Psyche iii. xi. 27 You see him when into the steep-down West He throws his course.

1879 Ld. Tennyson Lover's Tale (new ed.) 30 Steep-down walls of battlemented rock.

†b. Of a shower. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [adjective] > heavy

steepc1330

pissingc1475

thightc1480

pouring1577

pashing1581

sad1590

steep-down1601

solid1621

even down1622

sluicy1697

pelting1710

buck1732

steeping1774

peppering1827

sluicing1847

torrential1849

peltering1858

plumping1879

teeming1880

lashing1885

monsoonish1886

sheeting1940

1601 W. Watson Important Consid. (1831) 30 A steep-down shower of stormy sorrows.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	steep-down
释义	steep-downadj. Etymology: < steep adj. + down adv. Compare steep-up adj. Obsolete exc. poetic. a. Precipitous. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > inclined from level or sloping > steep (except of hills, etc.) staira1175 slidingc1325 steepa1400–50 side?a1475 right-up1511 steep-down1530 steepwise1542 headlonga1557 steep-up?a1560 pitch hill1560 pendent1587 high-pitched1596 steeped1596 perpendicular1598 steepy1735 declivitous1799 steepish1814 escarped1853 steep-cut1888 swooping1956 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 827/1 Stepe downe, tout bas en droycte lygne. 1542 T. Elyot Bibliotheca Cliuosus,..pytching down or stiepe down [1545 stiepe doune]. 1560 Bible (Geneva) Matt. viii. 32 The whole herd of swine was caryed with violence from a stiepe downe place into the sea. 1584 R. Greene Gwydonius f. 25 The cliffes so steep-downe and fearefull, as to descend was no lesse daunger then death it selfe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) v. ii. 287 Whippe me you Diuells..Wash me in steepe downe gulphes of liquid fire. 1648 J. Beaumont Psyche iii. xi. 27 You see him when into the steep-down West He throws his course. 1879 Ld. Tennyson Lover's Tale (new ed.) 30 Steep-down walls of battlemented rock. †b. Of a shower. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [adjective] > heavy steepc1330 pissingc1475 thightc1480 pouring1577 pashing1581 sad1590 steep-down1601 solid1621 even down1622 sluicy1697 pelting1710 buck1732 steeping1774 peppering1827 sluicing1847 torrential1849 peltering1858 plumping1879 teeming1880 lashing1885 monsoonish1886 sheeting1940 1601 W. Watson Important Consid. (1831) 30 A steep-down shower of stormy sorrows. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.1530
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