steek

From Scots steek, from Middle English steke (“to enclose”) and Middle Dutch steken (“to stitch”). Noun from Scots steek (“stitch”), from Middle Dutch steek (“stitch”). More at stick, stitch.

steek (third-person singular simple present steeks, present participle steeking, simple past and past participle steeked)

To stitch (sew with a needle).
To shut or close.
(knitting) To use a technique for knitting garments such as sweaters in the round without interruption for openings or sleeves until the end.

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steek (plural steeks)

(Scotland) A stitch.
- 1934, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Grey Granite (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 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.
(knitting) The bridge of extra stitches used in the steeking technique.

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