3. Excessive; as, a steep price. [Slang]
STEEP
Steep, n.
Defn: A precipitous place, hill, mountain, rock, or ascent; any elevated object sloping with a large angle to the plane of the horizon; a precipice. Dryden. We had on each side naked rocks and mountains broken into a thousand irregular steeps and precipices. Addison. Bare steeps, where desolation stalks. Wordsworth.
STEEP-DOWN
Steep"-down`, a.
Defn: Deep and precipitous, having steep descent. [R.]
Wash me in steep-down gulfs of liquid fire. Shak.
STEEPEN
Steep"en, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Steepened; p. pr. & vb. n. Steepening.]
Defn: To become steep or steeper. As the way steepened . . . I could detect in the hollow of the hill some traces of the old path. H. Miller.
STEEPER
Steep"er, n.
Defn: A vessel, vat, or cistern, in which things are steeped.
STEEPINESS
Steep"i*ness, n.