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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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(Stepedown,) Steepdown, adj. [e.m.E. stepe downe (1530), steep-downe (1584-7); Stepe adj. and Down adv.] Precipitous. —a1652 Dickson Psalms II 365.
Like unto men driven unto the edge of a steepdown place, as the similitude of ‘my foot slippeth’, doth import
