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单词 steeper
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steepern.1

/ˈstiːpə/
Etymology: < steep v.1 + -er suffix1.
1. One who steeps; spec. one who carries out the operation of steeping flax, wool, etc.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > action or process of soaking or steeping > [noun] > one who or that which
steeper1611
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > [noun] > other processes > one who
steeper1611
preparer1753
carbonizer1851
classer1883
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Trempeur, a dipper;..soaker, steeper.
1838 W. L. Rham Outl. Flemish Husbandry ix. 45 in Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) (1840) III The best and most experienced steepers..prefer the clear soft water of the river Lys.
1904 Eng. 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.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > vessels for other specific purposes > [noun] > for steeping
steep1614
steeper1737
1737 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 3) at Anil The first, largest, and highest of these [Indigo] Vats is called the Steeper or Rot.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 666 [article Indigo] The uppermost is called the fermenting vat, or the steeper.
1886 Cornhill Mag. July 51 The would-be drinker is then expected to seize the burning hot steeper [for tea].
3. dialect. A soaking rain; also, a soaking with rain.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > a or the fall of rain > downpour
floodc1275
spate1513
spout1554
gourder1565
squata1640
downpouring1669
deluge1720
pash1722
plout1740
on-ding1776
pelt1785
soaker1789
pelter1791
teem1793
pour1794
oncome1808
downpour1811
plash1820
slashing1829
plungec1841
dispunging1876
steeper1878
splurge1879
soak1891
drencher1892
toad-strangler1938
1878 E. Waugh Hermit Cobbler vii It's a steeper, and nought else. It's th' weetest back-end we'n had this ten-year.
1898 Leeds Mercury Weekly Suppl. 7 May (E.D.D.) T'rain com dahn i' buckets an' it gae me a steeper an' reight, tu.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

steepern.2

/ˈstiːpə/
Etymology: < steep v.2 + -er suffix1.
dialect.
(See quot. 1837.)
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > planted, cultivated, or valued > hedge or hedgerow > branch in
plashoote1602
steeper1815
grower1829
1815 Sporting Mag. 45 110 One may be placed about nine inches above the steepers of a hedge.
1837 J. F. Palmer Gloss. in M. Palmer Dialogue Devonshire Dial. Steepers, in trimming hedges, the central branches, cut half through and laid lengthways.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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