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▪ I. † ˈinsteep, n. Obs. rare—1. [f. in-1 + steep v.: cf. next.] Infusion.
1551Turner Herbal i. B vj a, Mesne gyueth in pouder or pylles from a drame and a halfe to two drammes, and in instepe or infuse from a drame and a halfe vnto iij. drammes and a halfe. ▪ II. insteep, v. Now rare.|ɪnstiːp| Also 7 en-. [f. in-1 + steep v., after L. immergĕre.] trans. To immerse; to steep or soak in; to imbrue.
1599Shakes. Hen. V, iv. vi. 12 Suffolke first dyed, and Yorke all hagled ouer Comes to him, where in gore he lay insteeped, And takes him by the Beard. 1604― Oth. ii. i. 70 The gutter'd-Rockes, and Congregated Sands, Traitors ensteep'd, to enclogge the guiltlesse Keele. 1611Florio, Inmollare, to ensteepe, to moisten. 1782Downman tr. Wormius' Death Song Ragnar Lodbrach, The hard blue sword insteep'd in gore. |