Instep

v. t. [imp. & p. p. INSTEEPED (in-steept’); p. pr. & vb. n. IN- STEEPING.] To steep or soak; to drench; to macerate in moisture. “In gore he lay insteeped.” Shak.

n. [Prefix in and step.] 1. The projection on the upper side of the human foot, near its junction with the leg; the tarsus. 2. That part of the hind leg of a horse which reaches from the ham to the pastern-joint.