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Stemple vs Semple - What's the difference?

stemple | semple |

As a noun stemple

is (mining) a crossbar of wood in a shaft, serving as a step.

As an adjective semple is

simple; low-born; of mean birth.

stemple

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mining) A crossbar of wood in a shaft, serving as a step.
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    semple

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • simple; low-born; of mean birth.

    • Antonyms

    * gentle

    References

    * Oglivie, John. The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language: A Complete Encyclopedic Lexicon, Literary, Scientific, and Technological . Blackie & Son. (1884).