"Steik" Quotes from Famous Books
... announced by the furious barking of the faithful dogs, the apology that "the camstary breutes of dougs would not steek their clatterin' gabs," was accepted as an ample explanation, more from the dogs being quieted than from the lucidity of the remark ... — The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green • Cuthbert Bede
... loed ye. Bonny were ye as a bairn. Bonny were ye as a laddie. Bonny abune a' as a noble young man and the desire o' maidens' e'en. But nane o' them a' loed ye like poor auld Barbara, that wad hae gien her life to pleasure ye. And noo she canna even steek thae black, black e'en, nor wind the corpse-claith aboot yon comely limbs—sae straight and bonny as they were—I hae straiked and kissed sae oft and oft. O wae's me—wae's me! What will I do withoot ... — The Black Douglas • S. R. Crockett
... Robinson, harrangue na mair, But steek your gab forever, Or try the wicked town of Ayr, For there they'll ... — The End of the Rainbow • Marian Keith |