Sc. Obs. rare. Also steik. [a. Flemish or LG. stuk, stik piece (= G. stück).] = PIECE sb. in certain commercial uses: a. a cask of wine; b. a coin of specified value; a ‘piece’ of work (cf. maisterstik s.v. MASTERPIECE).
1468. Extracts Burgh Rec. Edin. (1869), I. 23. Of Rynche wyne becaus of greitt steikes of ilk crowne ijd.
1573. Satir. Poems Reform., xxxix. 207. Sum gat thair handfull of thir half mark steikis. Ibid. (1581), xliv. 15. That maisters of ane euil steik of vark Sould ay detest the godlie, vpricht lyf.
