An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

A. S. sted, Su. G. stad, locus, situs.

3. A farm itself.
Diallog.

STEADABLE, adj. Available.
Rollocke.

To STECH, STEGH, (gutt.) v. a.
1. To cram, S.
Burns.

O. Teut. staeck-en, stipare; to cram.

2. To confine one with a great quantity of body-clothes, S. B.
3. To confine one's self in a very warm room, S. B.

Germ. stick-en, suffocare, suffocari.

4. v. n. To stech in bed, to indulge sloth in bed, S. B.

To Stech, v. n. To gormandize, S.

Stech, s.
1. A heap, or crowd, S. B.
2. A confused mass, S. B. stechrie, id.
3. It often conveys the idea of heat, as connected with that of a crowd, S. B.