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

For if ye come a second time, Samuel Whan, the porter, will have his orders to steek the yett in your face!”

From The Dew of Their Youth by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

For want o' a steek a shoe may be tint.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

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 Richards, Frank

You are wet to the skin, an' there's no a dry steek on you?

From The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner by Welsh, James C.

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 Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston