v. Sc. and north. [Of obscure origin.] trans. To fill (the stomach) to repletion; to cram (food) into (the stomach). Also fig. Also intr. for refl.
1724. Ramsay, Tea-t. Misc. (1775), II. 131. How sair I sweat, To stegh your guts, ye sot. Ibid. (1725), Gentle Sheph., III. iv. His father steght his fortune in his wame.
a. 1774. Fergusson, Election, Wks. (1807), 293. They stech and connach sae the meat Their teeth mak mair than tongue haste.
1786. Burns, Twa Dogs, 61. An’ tho’ the gentry first are steghan, Yet ev’n the ha’ folk fill their peghan.
1819. W. Tennant, Papistry Storm’d (1827), 216. Gae, get Deaf Meg and Crookit Mou’; Stech their how hungry stammachs fou.
