steck

plural stecks · alternative stek · alternative steik · alternative stike · alternative steek · alternative steak · alternative steyk · alternative styk · alternative staig

1. Northern EnglandScotlandobsoleteA piece or an item.

   a steck o' bread

   4 more examples

   Two stecks of double Demy-ostage to hang about the choir.

   1537, Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland

   Delivered to the Queen's graces tailor one steck of purpure velvet;

   1540, Criminal Trials

   Four stecks of Romany wine;

   1546, Acts of the Lords of Council in Public Affairs

   The petitioner, to his great charge and expenses, had set up one loom for working at Damase, a thing never before attempted nor practiced in this country and by his own ingenuity and industry without any foreign breeding, being a born native of the kingdom.. he had wrought several pieces or stecks of it, which he had shown to several of the Counsel.

   1693, Extracts from the Records

   Synonyms: hunk, portion, bit, chip, chunk, tranche, clip, crumb

1. A surname.