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steeve

steeve


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Steeve  \Steeve\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Steeved};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Steeving}.]  [Cf.  OD  steve  staff,  E.  stem,  n.] 
  (Shipbuilding) 
  To  project  upward,  or  make  an  angle  with  the  horizon  or  with 
  the  line  of  a  vessel's  keel;  --  said  of  the  bowsprit,  etc 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Steeve  \Steeve\,  v.  t. 
  1.  (Shipbuilding)  To  elevate  or  fix  at  an  angle  with  the 
  horizon;  --  said  of  the  bowsprit,  etc 
 
  2.  To  stow,  as  bales  in  a  vessel's  hold  by  means  of  a 
  steeve.  See  {Steeve},  n. 
  b  . 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Steeve  \Steeve\,  n.  (Naut.) 
  a  The  angle  which  a  bowsprit  makes  with  the  horizon,  or 
  with  the  line  of  the  vessel's  keel;  --  called  also 
  {steeving}. 
  b  A  spar,  with  a  block  at  one  end  used  in  stowing 
  cotton  bales,  and  similar  kinds  of  cargo  which  need  to 
  be  packed  tightly.