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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..

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

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..

Steep :: Steep (v. i.) To undergo the process of soaking in a liquid; as, the tea is steeping..

Fall :: Fall (n.) Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water down a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural, sometimes in the singular; as, the falls of Niagara..

Breakneck :: Breakneck (n.) A steep place endangering the neck.

Scar :: Scar (n.) An isolated or protruding rock; a steep, rocky eminence; a bare place on the side of a mountain or steep bank of earth..

Soak :: Soak (v. t.) To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like..

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..

Alum :: Alum (v. t.) To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum..

Landmark :: Landmark (n.) Any conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide; some prominent object, as a hill or steeple..

Dung :: Dung (v. t.) To immerse or steep, as calico, in a bath of hot water containing cow dung; -- done to remove the superfluous mordant..

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

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

Steep :: Steeping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stee.

Brew :: Brew (v. t.) To prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops, or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and fermentation..

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

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..

Levee :: Levee (n.) An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river..

Steepiness :: Steeper (n.) A vessel, vat, or cistern, in which things are steeped..

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