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▪ I. steeking, vbl. n.1 dial.|ˈstiːkɪŋ| [f. steek v.1 + -ing1.] 1. The action of the verb.
1544Acc. Ld. High. Treas. Scot. VIII. 319 Item, for steking of ane slang put in the Lyoun at hir departing witht the ambassatourris,..lvj s. †2. concr. A fastening, lock. Obs.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints vii. (Jacobus minor) 785 Bot Ihesus..come bodyly..&, al vnsterynge þe stekyne of þe presone..owte of þe cawe þan can me ta. c1400Sc. Trojan War ii. 517 Thys horse..In þe which mayd he sere stekynges. ▪ II. † ˈsteeking, vbl. n.2 Obs. [f. steek v.2 + -ing1.] The action of the verb; stabbing.
c1470Henry Wallace viii. 225 The fers steking, maid mony grewous wound. ▪ III. steeking, vbl. n.3 dial.|ˈstiːkɪŋ| [f. steek v.3 + -ing1.] 1. The action of the verb; stitching; also concr. and attrib.
1561Invent. R. Wardr. (1815) 140 With a cordoun of gold upoun the sticking maid in broderie. 1568in G. Chalmers Mary Q. Scots (1818) I. 285 note, 2 lb. wgt. of fyne steiking silk {pstlg}12. 16. 0. 18..Gay Goss-Hawk xx. in Aytoun Sc. Ballads (1858) I. 180 The claith of it was satin fine, The steeking silken wark. 2. transf. in Mining. = sticking vbl. n.
1789J. Williams Min. Kingd. I. 301 A thin strake or seam of clay betwixt the rider and the side or sides of the vein, which miners call a steeking. 1894Northumbld. Gloss., Steekin o' clay, a thin strake or infiltration of clay in a rock fissure. |