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steeve (stēv)

transitive verb steeved, steeving steev′·ing

Archaic to stow (cargo) as in the hold of a ship

Etymology: Fr estiver < Sp or Port estivar < L stipare, to compress, cram: see stone

steeve2 definition

steeve (stēv)

intransitive verb, transitive verb steeved, steeving steev′·ing

to set or be set at an angle above the line of the horizon or of the keel: said of a bowsprit

Etymology: < ? or akin to OFr estive, tail of a plow < L stiva, plow handle

noun

the angle so formed

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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