Definition of Steepers

1. Noun. (plural of steeper) ¹

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Definition of Steepers

1. steeper [n] - See also: steeper

Lexicographical Neighbors of Steepers

steenbucks
steened
steening
steenings
steens
steep
steep-slope roof
steep-slope roofs
steep-slope rooves
steeped
steepen
steepened
steepening
steepens
steeper
steepers
steepest
steepeup
steepie
steepier
steepiest
steepiness
steeping
steepish
steeple
steeplebush
steeplebushes
steeplechase
steeplechaser
steeplechasers

Literary usage of Steepers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Woollen and Worsted Cloth Manufacture: Being a Practical Treatise for the by Roberts Beaumont (1890)
"3 consists of three steepers, A, B, and C, similar to each other both in size and construction. Each steeper has two bottoms, the upper one being perforated ..."

2. The Works of Martin Doyle. [pseud.] by Martin Doyle (1836)
"When three layers, or twenty-four sheaves, (which is always the number put in at a time,) are laid, the steepers, who are provided with scrapers and forks, ..."

3. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1838)
"The flax is then immediately steeped ; but the most experienced flax-steepers defer this operation till the next season. In this case it is put in barns, ..."

4. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1875)
"Calico printers, flax steepers, linen and jute bleachers, dyers, woollen manufacturers, tanners, starch and paper makers, paraffin oil distillers, ..."

5. Ireland: Its Scenery, Character, &c. by Samuel Carter Hall (1843)
"Others will seek putrid water, and lay mud over the flax, to assist its decomposition ; but this certainly stains the flax. And the flax steepers of ..."

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