Lexicographical Neighbors of Steeked
Literary usage of Steeked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scottish Historical and Romantic Ballads: Chiefly Ancient; with Explanatory by John Finlay (1808)
"... Close to the cheek and chin f; They steeked them a' but a wee wicket, ...
Steeked, fastened. f Cheek and chin, a proverbial phrase, ..."
2. English and Scottish Ballads by Francis James Child (1866)
"Now to the gude green-wood he's gane, She to her painted bower; But first she
closed the windows and doors Of the castle, ha', and tower. They steeked doors ..."
3. English and Scottish ballads, selected and ed. by F.J. Child edited by Francis James Child (1857)
"Now to the gude green-wood he's gane, She to her painted bower ; But first she
closed the windows and doors Of the castle, ha', and tower. They steeked ..."
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