Sc. and north. Forms: 6 steke, styk, stike, steik, stick, 9 steek. [f. STEEK sb.1]

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  1.  trans. To stitch.

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1503.  Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot., II. 198. For i pund cottoune to it [ane doublat] to steik it with, iij s.

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1513.  Douglas, Æneis, IV. v. 163. Ane purpour claith … Fetisly stekit with prynnit goldin thredis.

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1540.  Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot., VII. 389. To be ane doublate to the Kingis grace cuttit and stekit upoun caddes, thre elnis blak sating. Ibid. (1552), X. 123. ltem, v unce Paris silk to styk the samin [cloik].

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1597.  Skene, De Verb. Sign., s.v. Actilia, Stuffed with caddes, and stiked verie thick with threid.

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1886.  Willock, Rosetty Ends (1887), 148. Wi’ a stockin’ needle an’ a bit worsit he steekit it on the inside o’ the collar.

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  2.  intr. To sew.

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1865.  Janet Hamilton, Poems (1870), 183. An’ four bonnie lassies were needlin’ an’ steekin’.

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1871.  Sarah S. Jones, Northumbld., 20/2. Sae I gaed on, aye steek steekin.

10

  Hence Steeked ppl. a.

11

1503.  Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot., II. 204. Item, for ij elne iij quartaris satin, to be ane steikit doublat to the King. Ibid. (1531), VI. 17. Ane stikkit doublet. Ibid. (1541–2), VIII. 63. Item, gevin to the tapescher for ane stekit matt to hir, xxxv s.

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1578.  Invent. R. Wardr. Scot. (1815), 211. Twa steikit coveringis of beddis of holane claith. Ibid. Ane auld stickit covering of grene taffetie.

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