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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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‡OUTSTEIK, n. Also outsteak, ootsteek. A stitch made on the outside. Hence attrib. with shune, having the stitching of the soles done from the outside and thus visible; in reduced form outsteik, a former style of shoe in which this was done (Rxb. 1954 Hawick News (18 June) 7; s.Sc. 1964). [′utstik]Rxb. 1711–25 J. J. Vernon Hawick (1900) 68:
To old Badie one pair of outsteaks . . . 16s.Rxb. 1845 T. Aird Old Bachelor 10:
The fatherly purchaser of single-soled outsteeks for six ramping young loons.Rxb. c.1885 W. Laidlaw Poetry (1901) 35:
Her out-steik shoon Wull Robson made.