steeplebush (steplbush)

The hardhack; also, Spiræa salic i folia. See Spiræa. steeplechase (ste'pl-chās), n. A horse-race acro a tract of country in which ditches, hat. An old doublet and a steeple hat . Browning , Str afford. steeple-houset (stēʻpl-hous), n. A church edifice: so called by the early members of the Society of Friends, who maintained that the word church applies properly only to the body of believers. The reason why I would not go into their steeple -house was because I was to bear my testimony against it, and to bring all off from such places to the Spirit of God, that they might know their bodies to be the temples of the Holy Ghost. George Fox , Journal (Phila.), p. 167. There are steeple - houses on every hand, And pulpits that ble and ban; And the Lord will not grudge the single church That is set apart for man. Whittier, The Old South. steeple-hunting (ste'pl-hunting), n. Same as steeplechasing . Carlyle , Sterling, v. steeple-jack (stē ́pl-jak), n. A man who climbs steeples and tall chimneys to make repairs, or to erect scaffolding. A steeple - jack of Sheffield met with a shocking accident. St. James's Gazette, May 11, 1887. ( Encyc . Dict.) steeple top (stē'pl-top), n. The bowhead, or great polar whale ( Balæna mysticetus ): so called from the spout-holes terminating in a sort of cone: a whalers' name. C. M. Scammon . steeple wise (stē ́pl-wiz), adv. In the manner of a steeple; ole; like a steeple. IMG:content-2068.png:[blocks in formation] steepne