stepped (stept)

[ stercoræmia IMG:content-2091.jpg:[graphic] pulley. - Stepped gable, gage, gearing. See the nouns. -Stepped pyramid, a form of pyramid of which the faces, instead of continuing in one slope from base to apex, Stepped Pyramid, Sakkarah, Egypt. are formed in a more or le even series of enormous steps. Some of the oldest of the Egyptian pyramids present this form.