Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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STEEK-HAUD, int. A call to a dog to attack and bite or to round up sheep (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.). Also in Nhb. dial.
[A conflation of iss, tak-haud (see Iss) and seek or Sigg, int.]