advb. phr. [A prep.1 + STEEP.] To steep, steeping or soaking. Also fig.
1589. Pappe w. Hatchet (1844), 14. Elderton swore he had rimes lying a steepe in ale.
1672. Ranew, in Spurgeon, Treas. Dav. xxxix. 3. Laying it asteep in … quickening meditation.
