Meaning of steck | Babel Free
/stɛk/Definitions
- A surname.
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A piece or an item. Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete
Examples
“a steck o' bread”
“Two stecks of double Demy-ostage to hang about the choir.”
“Delivered to the Queen's graces tailor one steck of purpure velvet;”
“Four stecks of Romany wine;”
“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.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.