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

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

From Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 by Various

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

Then up and gat her seven sisters, And sewed to her a kell; And every steek that they put in Sewed to a silver bell.

From The Romantic Scottish Ballads: Their Epoch and Authorship by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

"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 Salmond, J. B.

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 Stevenson, Burton Egbert