steeled

Example Sentences

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Whatever it was, the burghers of Inneraora paid no heed, but slept, stark and sound, behind their steeked shutters.

From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil

O he's gane round and round about,   And tirled at the pin, But doors were steeked and windows barred,   And nane to let him in.

From Ballad Book by Bates, Katherine Lee

They steeked doors, they steeked yetts, Close to the cheek and chin; They steeked them a' but a wee wicket,35 And Lammikin crap in.

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various

They steeked doors, they steeked yetts,    Close to the cheek and chin; They steeked them a’ but a wee wicket,    And Lammikin crap in.

From The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself by Moir, David Macbeth

Then he banked up the fire and steeked the window.

From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by Buchan, John