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Definition of Steeping
1. steep [v] - See also: steep
Lexicographical Neighbors of Steeping
Literary usage of Steeping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bleaching and Related Processes as Applied to Textile Fibers and Other Materials by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1921)
"Use of steeping Process. A feature of the boiling-out process which is not
considered as much as it was formerly is the preliminary steeping of the goods in ..."
2. European Agriculture and Rural Economy by Henry Colman (1851)
"steeping. — The rippling or combing off the seed being performed, the next step
is that of steeping the flax. This is to be conveyed, then, as soon as may ..."
3. Nitro-explosives: A Practical Treatise Concerning the Properties by Percy Gerald Sanford (1906)
"steeping.—The nitrated cotton, when withdrawn from the dipping tanks, ...
Between steeping POT. 18° and lp C. is the highest temperature desirable, ..."
4. A Treatise on Hemp, Including a Comprehensive Account of the Best Modes of by Robert Wissett (1808)
"The place called the steeping or rotting place, or where the Hemp receives ...
Many of the steeping-places are only ditches dug on the margins of rivers. ..."
5. The Farmer's Calendar: Containing the Business Necessary to be Performed on by Arthur Young (1809)
"In case of an unfortunate season, by reason of • drought to aa uncommon degree,
it should be recollected, that steeping bar'ey and oats, 8tc. has been tried ..."
6. The Farmer's Calendar: Containing the Business Necessary to be Performed on by Arthur Young (1804)
"In case of an unfavourable season, by reason of a drought to an uncommon degree,
it should be recollected, that steeping barley and oats, &c. has been tried ..."
7. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"The dye is extracted by steeping the flowers in a weak solution of lime in water.
The bark of the babul is the commonest and most effective tanning agent ..."
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