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Tan :: Tan (n.) To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by usual process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or some other bark, whereby it is impregnated with tannin, or tannic acid (which exists in several species of bark), and is thus rendered firm, durable, and in some degree impervious to water..

Steeper :: Steepen (v. i.) To become steep or steeper.

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

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

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

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..

Terrace :: Terrace (v.) A level plain, usually with a steep front, bordering a river, a lake, or sometimes the sea..

Steeple-crowned :: Steeple-crowned (a.) Bearing a steeple; as, a steeple-crowned building..

Steep-up :: Steepness (n.) Height; loftiness.

Steepened :: Steep-down (a.) Deep and precipitous, having steep descent..

Brine :: Brine (v. t.) To steep or saturate in brine.

Malt :: Malt (n.) Barley or other grain, steeped in water and dried in a kiln, thus forcing germination until the saccharine principle has been evolved. It is used in brewing and in the distillation of whisky..

Crag :: Crag (n.) A steep, rugged rock; a rough, broken cliff, or point of a rock, on a ledge..

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

Cliff :: Cliff (n.) A high, steep rock; a precipice..

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

Pitch :: Pitch (n.) The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant; as, a steep pitch in the road; the pitch of a roof..

Infuse :: Infuse (v. t.) To steep in water or other fluid without boiling, for the propose of extracting medicinal qualities; to soak..

Sop :: Sop (v. t.) Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten..

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

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