steek
[steek, steyk]
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verb (used with object) Scot.
to shut, close, fasten or lock (a window, door, or the like).
Origin of steek
1150–1200; Middle English (north) steken (v.), Old English stician to prick, stab
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Examples from the Web for steek
Historical Examples of steek
It wad ill become me, efter a' he's dune for us, to steek the door in's face.
David ElginbrodGeorge MacDonald
"Steek," melodious for stitch, has a combined sense of closing or fastening.
On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2)John Ruskin
In Thrums the word used is steek, and sneck seemed to the inhabitants so droll and ridiculous that Hobart got the name of Snecky.
Auld Licht IdyllsJ. M. Barrie
Man, I fully meant to turn the bairn, but she ran by at sic a steek 'at there was nae stoppin' her.
When a Man's SingleJ. M. Barrie
Steek t' door of your house--if ye own one--and t' door o' your heart--if ye own one--and then ye'll never rue.
Jackanapes, Daddy Darwin's Dovecot and Other StoriesJuliana Horatio Ewing