steek

American  

[steek, steyk] / stik, steɪk /

verb (used with object)

Scot.

1. to shut, close, fasten or lock (a window, door, or the like).

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Etymology

Origin of steek

1150–1200; Middle English (north) steken (v.), Old English stician to prick, stab

Example Sentences

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steek

What a plague is this o' mine, Winna steek an e'e; Though I hap him o'er the heid, As cosy as can be.

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 by Burton Egbert Stevenson

"Fiddlers' dogs and fleshers' flees come to feasts unbidden," said Mysie; but Sandy gae her a glower that garred her steek her moo gey quick.

From My Man Sandy by J. B. Salmond

An' yet," he murmured, "there's the loss on the goods, an' the loss o' time, and the boat to steek afresh forbye the danger to life!

From Winter Evening Tales by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

The lovely "steek" with the gravy in it—that is to say, nearly raw—was now ready, and father and son adjourned to the next room.

From Castle Richmond by Anthony Trollope

And noo she canna even steek thae black, black e'en, nor wind the corpse-claith aboot yon comely limbs—sae straight and bonny as they were—I hae straiked and kissed sae oft and oft.

From The Black Douglas by Frank Richards