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Sprunt :: Sprunt (n.) A steep ascent in a road.

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

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

Brant :: Brant (a.) Steep; high.

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

Couch :: Couch (v. t.) A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch of malt..

Brink :: Brink (n.) The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the brink of a chasm. Also Fig..

Insteep :: Insteep (v. t.) To steep or soak; to drench.

Lin :: Lin (n.) A steep ravine.

Bate :: Bate (v. t.) To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather..

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

Hatch :: Hatch (v. t.) To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep.

Soak :: Soak (v. i.) To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak..

Macerate :: Macerate (v. t.) To soften by steeping in a liquid, with or without heat; to wear away or separate the parts of by steeping; as, to macerate animal or vegetable fiber..

Bitters :: Bitters (n. pl.) A liquor, generally spirituous in which a bitter herb, leaf, or root is steeped..

Steep :: Steep (v. t.) 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..

Steepen :: Steepening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steepe.

Sprag :: Sprag (v. t.) To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel..

Spire :: Spire (n.) A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Arch.), the roof of a tower when of a pyramidal form and high in proportion to its width; also, the pyramidal or aspiring termination of a tower which can not be said to have a roof, such as that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part of a steeple, or the steeple itself..

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..

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