Steek

Alternative forms

• steik

Origin

From Scots steek, from Middle English steke ("to enclose"). Noun from Scots steek ("stitch"). More at stick, stitch.

Full definition of steek

Verb

1. To stitch (sew with a needle)
2. To shut or close

Noun

1. (Scotland) A stitch.
• 1934, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Grey Granite, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 565:Ake Ogilvie told the tale the next day to Ma Cleghorn, Ma lying at rest in her bed, she'd gone to bed with a steek in her side and as lying fair wearied till Ake looked in.
2. A set of stitches used to fasten knitting together.