steek

[ steek, steyk ]

verb (used with object)Scot.
  1. to shut, close, fasten or lock (a window, door, or the like).

Origin of steek

1
1150–1200; Middle English (north) steken (v.), Old English stician to prick, stab

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How to use steek in a sentence

  • I had given up all thought of escape, and was putting in hard steeks at the praying.

    The Men of the Moss-Hags | S. R. Crockett