Steeve Synonyms & Definitions

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• SteeveDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales, and similar kinds of cargo which need to be packed tightly.
2. (n.) The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessels keel; -- called also steeving.
3. (v. t.) To stow, as bales in a vessels hold, by means of a steeve. See Steeve, n. (b).
4. (v. i.) To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessels keel; -- said of the bowsprit, etc.
5. (v. t.) To elevate or fix at an angle with the horizon; -- said of the bowsprit, etc.

• SteevedDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (imp. & p. p.) of Steeve