steeping

noun2

1. •
   An instance of something being steeped; a wetting.

   • It is usual to expect, that the first two or three wettings or steepings of grain, at the commencement of the malting season, will not make so good malt as succeeding steepings […] — 1838
2. •
   (historical) A 13th-century coin circulated in Ireland as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under King Edward I.