Steeps vs Steepy - What's the difference?

steeps | steepy |

As a verb steeps

is (steep).

As an adjective steepy is

(obsolete) steep.

steeps

English

Verb

(head)

(steep)

Anagrams

steep

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) . The sense of “sharp slope” is attested circa 1200; the sense “expensive” is attested US 1856.

Adjective

(er)

Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.

a steep''' hill or mountain; a '''steep''' roof; a '''steep''' ascent; a '''steep barometric gradient

(informal) expensive

Twenty quid for a shave? That's a bit steep .

(obsolete) Difficult to access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high.

(Chapman)

(of the rake of a ship's mast, or a car's windshield) resulting in a mast or windshield angle that strongly diverges from the perpendicular

The steep rake of the windshield enhances the fast lines of the exterior. [http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070303/news_lz1dd3maynard.html]

Synonyms

* brant

Etymology 2

From (etyl) stepen, from (etyl) . More at (l).

Verb

(en verb)

(ambitransitive) To soak an item (or to be soaked) in liquid in order to gradually add or remove components to or from the item

They steep skins in a tanning solution to create leather.

The tea is steeping .

* Wordsworth

In refreshing dew to steep / The little, trembling flowers.

To imbue with something.

* Earle

The learned of the nation were steeped in Latin.

a town steeped in history

Derived terms

* (l)

Noun

A liquid used in a steeping process

Corn steep has many industrial uses.

A rennet bag.

References

steepy

English

Alternative forms

* steepie (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)

(obsolete) Steep.

*, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.137:

it was such a steepie downe-fall, and by meere strength hewen out of the maine rocke.

* Dryden

the steepy crown of the bare mountains