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Revetment :: Revetment (v. t.) A facing of wood, stone, or any other material, to sustain an embankment when it receives a slope steeper than the natural slope; also, a retaining wall..

Scarp :: Scarp (n.) A steep descent or declivity.

Precipitous :: Precipitous (a.) Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain..

Shifter :: Shifter (n.) An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions..

Steep :: Steep (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..

Precipice :: Precipice (n.) A headlong steep; a very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging place; an abrupt declivity; a cliff..

Brew :: Brew (v. t.) To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct.

Steepness :: Steeply (adv.) In a steep manner; with steepness; with precipitous declivity.

Steep :: Steep (n.) A rennet bag.

Souse :: Souse (v. t.) To steep in pickle; to pickle.

Abruptness :: Abruptness (n.) The state of being abrupt or broken; craggedness; ruggedness; steepness.

Infusion :: Infusion (v. t.) The act or process of steeping or soaking any substance in water in order to extract its virtues.

Arduous :: Arduous (a.) Steep and lofty, in a literal sense; hard to climb..

Still :: Still (n.) A steep hill or ascent.

Goudron :: Goudron (n.) a small fascine or fagot, steeped in wax, pitch, and glue, used in various ways, as for igniting buildings or works, or to light ditches and ramparts..

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The body of a column; the cylindrical pillar between the capital and base (see Illust. of Column). Also, the part of a chimney above the roof. Also, the spire of a steeple..

Bank :: Bank (n.) A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine..

Steeplechasing :: Steeple (n.) A spire; also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form. See Spire..

Puer :: Puer (n.) The dung of dogs, used as an alkaline steep in tanning..

Skid :: Skid (n.) A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a skidpan; also, by extension, a hook attached to a chain, and used for the same purpose..

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