different between steen vs steek

English

Alternative forms

• stean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sti?n/

Noun

steen (plural steens)

1. Alternative form of stean

Verb

steen (third-person singular simple present steens, present participle steening, simple past and past participle steened)

1. Alternative form of stean
   • 1723, Richard Fro?t, James Young, et al., An Account of a Well near Queenborough in Kent, John Eames, John Martyn, The Philosophical Transactions 1719—1733, Abridged, Volume 6, Part 2, Royal Society (Great Britain), page 244,

     We then mea?ured the Depth of it, and found it 200 Foot, and artificially ?teened the whole Depth with circular Portland Stone, which is all entire, and ?tands fair, the mean Diameter is four Foot eight Inches; […] .

   • 1764, John Muller, A Treatise Containing the Practical Part of Fortification, 2nd Edition, page 99,

     The compa?s bricks are of a circular form, their u?e is for ?teening of walls; […] .

   • 1802, A Society of Practical Gardeners, Rural Recreations; Or The Gardener's Instructor, London, page 182,

     The sides and dome of the cone should be nine inches thick, and the sides ought to be constructed of steened brick-work, that is without mortar, and wrought at right angles to the face of the work: the vacancies behind may be filled with brick-bats, gravel, or loose stones, so that the water which escapes through the sides, may the more readily find its way into the reservoir.

   • 1849, Richard C. Neville, Remains of the Anglo-Roman Age, The Archaeological Journal, Volume 6, London, page 121,

     They^{[the wells]} were regularly steened with flint to the depth of ten feet; they measured about four feet in diameter at the mouth: no ancient objects were found in them.

Related terms

• steening (noun)

Anagrams

• ESnet, Enets, NEETs, Tenes, enset, neets, seent, senet, sente, teens, tense

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch steen, from Middle Dutch stêen, from Old Dutch st?n, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st???n/

Noun

steen (plural stene, diminutive steentjie)

1. stone

Descendants

• ? Sotho: setene
• ? Southern Ndebele: isitina
• ? Zulu: isitini

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch stêen, from Old Dutch st?n, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ste?n/
• Hyphenation: steen
• Rhymes: -e?n

Noun

steen m (plural stenen, diminutive steentje n)

1. stone (small rock)
2. (uncountable) stone (hard substance)

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: steen
  • ? Sotho: setene
  • ? Southern Ndebele: isitina
  • ? Zulu: isitini

Anagrams

• etsen

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch st?n, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Noun

stêen m

1. stone
2. stone house or castle
3. prison

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: steen
  • Afrikaans: steen
    • ? Sotho: setene
    • ? Southern Ndebele: isitina
    • ? Zulu: isitini
• Limburgish: stein

Further reading

• “steen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “steen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN

English

Alternative forms

• steik

Etymology

From Scots steek, from Middle English steke (“to enclose”) and Middle Dutch steken (“to stitch”). Noun from Scots steek (“stitch”), from Middle Dutch steek (“stitch”). More at stick, stitch.

Verb

steek (third-person singular simple present steeks, present participle steeking, simple past and past participle steeked)

1. To stitch (sew with a needle).
2. To shut or close.
3. (knitting) To use a technique for knitting garments such as sweaters in the round without interruption for openings or sleeves until the end.

Noun

steek (plural steeks)

1. (Scotland) A stitch.
   • 1934, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Grey Granite, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 565:

     Ake Ogilvie told the tale the next day to Ma Cleghorn, Ma lying at rest in her bed, she'd gone to bed with a steek in her side and as lying fair wearied till Ake looked in.

2. (knitting) The bridge of extra stitches used in the steeking technique.

Anagrams

• 'keets, Teske, keets, skeet, skete, teeks

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ste?k/
• Rhymes: -e?k

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

steek m (plural steken, diminutive steekje n)

1. a prick (insect bite), a stab, a thrust
2. a knot
3. a stitch
4. a bicorne or tricorn; a cornered hat

   Synonym: punthoed

Derived terms

• geen steek zien
• in de steek laten

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

steek

1. first-person singular present indicative of steken
2. imperative of steken

Anagrams

• sekte, steke