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steeve

/stiːv/

Sounds like Steve · Rhymes with -iːv

noun steeves

The angle that a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel.
A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales and similar cargo needing to be packed tightly.

verb steeves · steeving · steeved

archaic To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; said of the bowsprit, etc.
transitive To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve. "They are all alike to me." And indeed to a landsman, the nodding schooners around seemed run from the same mold. "They ain't, though. That yaller, dirty packet with her bowsprit steeved that way, she's the Hope of Prague. Nick Brady's her skipper, the meanest man on the Banks. […]"

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@misc{steeve_2026,
  title = {steeve},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/steeve},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}