Definition of Steen

1. Noun. Dutch genre painter (1626-1679).

Exact synonyms: Jan Steen
Generic synonyms: Old Master

Definition of Steen

1. n. A vessel of clay or stone.

2. v. t. To line, as a well, with brick, stone, or other hard material.

Definition of Steen

1. to line with stone [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Steen

steelwork
steelworker
steelworkers
steelworking
steelworks
steely
steely-eyed
steely-eyed missile man
steely-eyed missile men
steelyard
steelyards
steem
steemed
steeming
steems
steen (current term)
steenbok
steenboks
steenbuck
steenbucks
steened
steening
steenings
steens
steep
steep-slope roof
steep-slope roofs
steep-slope rooves
steeped
steepen

Literary usage of Steen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Order Microsauria by Robert Lynn Carroll, Pamela Gaskill (1978)
"Description: This specimen was figured and discussed briefly by Watson (1913) and later by steen (1938) but without detailed consideration of its position ..."

2. The Order Microsauria by Robert Lynn Carroll, Pamela Gaskill (1978)
"Description: This specimen was figured and discussed briefly by Watson (1913) and later by steen (1938) but without detailed consideration of its position ..."

3. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish, and by John Smith (1833)
"He painted humorous subjects, which have sufficient of the style of Jan steen, to induce a supposition that he learnt his art of that master, ..."

4. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities by Shearjashub Spooner (1853)
"steen, many of them compositions of numerous figures, and almost all of them ... thus sums up his character as an artist: "The works of Jan steen imply a ..."

5. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities by Shearjashub Spooner (1865)
"steen, many of them compositions of numerous figures, and almost all of them executed with the greatest care. It cannot be believed that a mnn living in a ..."

6. Rubens: His Life, His Work, and His Time by Emile Michel (1899)
"But steen was completely transformed some years ago by Baron Coppens, who, shortly before his death, made an elegant mansion of it in an entirely modern ..."

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