brasilein \bra*sil"e*in\, C16H12O5, to which brazilwood owes its dyeing properties. Brasque \Brasque\, n. [F.]

(Metal.) A paste made by mixing powdered charcoal, coal, or coke with clay, molasses, tar, or other suitable substance. It is used for lining hearths, crucibles, etc. Called also steep.

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Steep \Steep\ (st[=e]p), a. Bright; glittering; fiery. [Obs.]

His eyen steep, and rolling in his head. --Chaucer.

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Steep \Steep\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Steeped (st[=e]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Steeping.]

[OE. stepen, probably fr. Icel. steypa to cause to stoop, cast down, pour out, to cast metals, causative of st[=u]pa to stoop; cf. Sw. st["o]pa to cast, to steep, Dan. st["o]be, D. & G. stippen to steep, to dip. Cf. Stoop, v. t.]

To soak in a liquid; to macerate; to extract the essence of by soaking; as, to soften seed by steeping it in water. Often used figuratively.

Let fancy still my sense in Lethe steep. --Shak.

In refreshing dew to steep The little, trembling flowers. --Wordsworth.

The learned of the nation were steeped in Latin. --Earle.

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Steep \Steep\, v. i. To undergo the process of soaking in a liquid; as, the tea is steeping. [Colloq.]

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Steep \Steep\, n.

1. Something steeped, or used in steeping; a fertilizing liquid to hasten the germination of seeds.

2. A rennet bag. [Prov. Eng.]

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Steep \Steep\, a. [Comper. Steeper; superl. Steepest.]

[OE. steep, step, AS. ste['a]p; akin to Icel. steyp?r steep, and st[=u]pa to stoop, Sw. stupa to fall, to tilt; cf. OFries. stap high. Cf. Stoop, v. i., Steep, v. t., Steeple.]

1. Making a large angle with the plane of the horizon; ascending or descending rapidly with respect to a horizontal line or a level; precipitous; as, a steep hill or mountain; a steep roof; a steep ascent; a steep declivity; a steep barometric gradient.

2. Difficult of access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high. [Obs.]

--Chapman.

3. Excessive; as, a steep price. [Slang]

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Steep \Steep\, n. A precipitous place, hill, mountain, rock, or ascent; any elevated object sloping with a large angle to the plane of the horizon; a precipice. --Dryden.

We had on each side naked rocks and mountains broken into a thousand irregular steeps and precipices. --Addison.

Bare steeps, where desolation stalks. --Wordsworth.

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