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

Dean Ramsay tells of a very practical answer given by a little girl who had been asked the meaning of "darkness," as it occurred in Scripture reading—"Just steek your een."

From Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk by Ford, Robert

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 Trollope, Anthony

"I want you to loan me a wee trunk with a key, and steek the door and windows, for I've a lot to tell you."

From Huntingtower by Buchan, John

See that ye steek close the window neist time, ma man!” cried Geordie with demoniac ferocity.

From Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 by Various

Thus mirk, reek, steek, streek, breek, dik, rike, sark, kirn, lig, brig, rig, etc., are to be derived from the cor13responding O. Nhb. words, not from O. N.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias