Definition of Steeks

1. steek [v] - See also: steek

Lexicographical Neighbors of Steeks

stedy
steed
steeded
steedied
steedies
steeding
steedless
steedlike
steeds
steedy
steedying
steek
steeked
steeking
steekit
steeks (current term)
steel
steel-plated
steel-toe boot
steel-wool
steel-wool pad
steel arch bridge
steel band
steel blue
steel cage match
steel cage matches
steel company
steel drum
steel engraving
steel factory

Literary usage of Steeks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"Den we came to anudder street, Where all was butcher's shops ; Dare was a tarnal sight of meat, An steeks, an mutton-chops. 63. ..."

2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"cried the tailor; and his fingers flew with the needle, and he took that lang steeks, that he was just come to the end of the ..."

3. The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900 by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1902)
"... ne'er steeks his e'e— And werena my heart's licht, I wad dee. Were I but young for thee, as I hae been, We should hae been gallopin' doun in yon green, ..."

4. The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900 by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1908)
"And now he gaes daund'ring about the dykes, And a' he dow do is to hund the tykes : The live-lang nicht he ne'er steeks his e'e — And werena my heart's ..."

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