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Steeple bush
Steeple Stee"ple, n. [OE. stepel, AS. st[=e]pel, st?pel; akin to E. steep, a.] (Arch.) A spire; also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form. See Spire. ``A weathercock on a steeple.' --Shak. Rood steeple. See Rood tower, under Rood. Steeple bush (Bot.), a low shrub (Spir[ae]a tomentosa) having dense panicles of minute rose-colored flowers; hardhack. Steeple chase, a race across country between a number of horsemen, to see which can first reach some distant object, as a church steeple; hence, a race over a prescribed course obstructed by such obstacles as one meets in riding across country, as hedges, walls, etc. Steeple chaser, one who rides in a steeple chase; also, a horse trained to run in a steeple chase. Steeple engine, a vertical back-acting steam engine having the cylinder beneath the crosshead. Steeple house, a church. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.

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- Steeplebush is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Spiraea douglasii, native to western North America Spiraea tomentosa, native to eastern...
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- "The Silken Tent" 1943. Come In, and Other Poems. New York: Holt. 1947. Steeple Bush. New York: Holt 1949. Complete Poems of Robert Frost. New York: Holt...
- image of Steeple Bush is apparent in describing the tree. Job and his wife are sitting out under a palm tree when a tree, called the Burning Bush or The...
- Eddie Steeples (born November 25, 1973) is an American actor known for his roles as the "Rubberband Man" in an advertising campaign for OfficeMax, Cal...
- Robert Frost THE POETRY OF ROBERT FROST Poetry -- A WITNESS TREE and STEEPLE BUSH". Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014...
- Thunder (1924) - Mark Van Doren State of Love and Trust - W.K. Lawrence Steeple Bush (1947) - Robert Frost The Story-Teller - Mark Van Doren The Strange Islands:...
- the purple prairie clover, marsh pea, white avens, black raspberry, steeple bush and many more. Invasive species are an ongoing concern for conservationist...
- opulifolius * Bridewort Spiraea salicifolia * Pale bridewort Spiraea alba * Steeple-bush Spiraea douglasii * Hardhack Spiraea tomentosa * ****anese spiraea Spiraea...