steeping

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of steep

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)An instance of something being steeped; a wetting.

   “It is usual to expect, that the first two or three wettings or steepings of grain, at the commencement of the malting season, will not make so good malt as succeeding steepings […]”

2. (historical)A 13th-century coin circulated in Ireland as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under King Edward I.

name

1. A river or drainage channel, usually called the Steeping River, in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England; a continuation of the River Lymn.