steeve

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Meaning

1. noun The angle that a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel.
2. noun A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales and similar cargo needing to be packed tightly.
3. verb To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; said of the bowsprit, etc.
4. verb To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve.

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steeved steeves steeving