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

STEEVE, adj.
1. Firm, referring to a bargain, S.
2. Compacted, regarding the frame of an animal, S.
Burns.
3. Trusty; as, a steeve friend, S.
4. Sometimes used for obstinate, S.

Germ. steif, firm, stable.

Stievelie, adv. Firmly, S.
J. Nicol.

STEY, adj. Steep.
V. [Stay].

STEIDDIS, s. pl. States.
Dunbar.

Teut. stad, stede, urbs.

To STEIK, STEKE, v. a.
1. To pierce with a sharp instrument.
Barbour.

A. S. stic-an, Teut stick-en, pungere.

2. To stitch, S.
Douglas.

Su. G. stick-a, acu pingere.