·noun A gleam of light; flame.
II. Steem ·vi To Gleam.
III. Steem ·noun & ·v ·see 1st and 2nd Stem.
IV. Steem ·noun & ·v ·see Esteem.
to steem a thing, to bespeak a thing. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose