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

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

Syne we'll steek the door, an' lat the fire work.

From Warlock o' Glenwarlock by MacDonald, George

Thee gold steek together; thee gold melt in two; thee gold be in thee beeg lump; thee gold be damage’.

From Every Man for Himself by Duncan, Norman

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

From Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition by Scott, Walter, Sir

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