What does streek mean?
Streek means (archaic, dialect, UK, Scotland, transitive) To stretch..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(archaic, dialect, UK, Scotland, transitive) To stretch..
Hae, there's a key, gang in your way At the neist door there's braw ait strae; Streek down upon't, my lad and learn They're no ill lodg'd that get a barn."
Ye'll make a grave for my fair body," Running rain in the mill-water; "And ye'll streek my brother at the side of me," The pains of hell for the king's daughter.
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Streek means (archaic, dialect, UK, Scotland, transitive) To stretch..
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Hae, there's a key, gang in your way At the neist door there's braw ait strae; Streek down upon't, my lad and learn They're no ill lodg'd that get a barn."
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