† steponyn.

Forms: Also 1600s stepponi, steppony, stipone, stiponie, stipony, 1700s steponey, stepany, stepney.

Etymology: Of obscure origin; possibly a use of Stepney , the name of a parish in the East of London (compare quot. 1656).

Obsolete.

A kind of raisin-wine, made from raisins with lemon-juice and sugar added.

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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Stipone, a kind of sweet compound liquor, drunk in some places of London in the summer time.

1664 G. Etherege Comical Revenge v. iv. 86 Do not you understand the mystery of Stiponie, Jenny?

a1665 K. Digby Closet Opened (1669) 124 To make Stepponi.

1670 H. Wolley Queen-like Closet i. 41 To make Raisin Wine or Stepony.

1676 Poor Robins Intelligence 11–18 Apr. 2/2 Then comes in the faculty of spunging Stipony, and of enflaming the reckoning as occasion shall require.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Steppony, a Decoction of Raisins of the Sun, and Lemons in Conduit-water, sweetned with Sugar and Bottled up.

1717 Poor Robin July sig. B2^v They drink..Chocolate,..Stepany, Tea.

1717 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 2) Wine-Raisin or Stepony, may be thus made [etc.].

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Stepney.

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

单词	stepony
释义	† steponyn. Forms: Also 1600s stepponi, steppony, stipone, stiponie, stipony, 1700s steponey, stepany, stepney. Etymology: Of obscure origin; possibly a use of Stepney , the name of a parish in the East of London (compare quot. 1656). Obsolete. A kind of raisin-wine, made from raisins with lemon-juice and sugar added. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > non-grape and home-made wines > [noun] > raisin-wine pass?1440 raisin wine1599 stepony1656 passum1657 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Stipone, a kind of sweet compound liquor, drunk in some places of London in the summer time. 1664 G. Etherege Comical Revenge v. iv. 86 Do not you understand the mystery of Stiponie, Jenny? a1665 K. Digby Closet Opened (1669) 124 To make Stepponi. 1670 H. Wolley Queen-like Closet i. 41 To make Raisin Wine or Stepony. 1676 Poor Robins Intelligence 11–18 Apr. 2/2 Then comes in the faculty of spunging Stipony, and of enflaming the reckoning as occasion shall require. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Steppony, a Decoction of Raisins of the Sun, and Lemons in Conduit-water, sweetned with Sugar and Bottled up. 1717 Poor Robin July sig. B2^v They drink..Chocolate,..Stepany, Tea. 1717 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 2) Wine-Raisin or Stepony, may be thus made [etc.]. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Stepney. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1656
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