steek

American  

[steek, steyk] / stik, steɪk /

verb (used with object)

Scot.

1. to shut, close, fasten or lock (a window, door, or the like).

---

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

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

From Warlock o' Glenwarlock by MacDonald, George

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

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

"Tammas's coat is crying, 'A steek in time saves nine,' and by my faith it says true;" and so on.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIII by Wilson, John Mackay