sb. and a. Sc. [f. steer, Sc. form of STIR sb. + -Y.]
A. sb. A commotion, disturbance, stir.
a. 1776. Herd’s Sc. Songs, II. 217. But when the bedding came at e’en Wow, but the house was in a steery.
1816. Scott, Antiq., ix. Indeed, brother, amang a’ the steery, Maria … set away to the Halket-craig-head.
B. adj. Busy, full of bustle and stir.
1866. J. Smith, Merry Bridal, 190. See ye the toun, a’ sae steery an’ thrang?
