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 want o' a steek a shoe may be tint.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

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

From Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 by Various

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

Sages their solemn een may steek, And raise a philosophic reek, And, physically, causes seek,      In clime and season; But tell me Whisky’s name in Greek,      I’ll tell the reason.

From The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself by Moir, David Macbeth

Now, Robinson, harangue nae mair, But steek your gab for ever.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert