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Webster 1913 Edition

(stēv)

Verb.

[

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.

Verb.

(Shipbuilding)

To elevate or fix at an angle with the horizon; – said of the bowsprit, etc.

To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve. See

Noun.

(b)

Noun.

(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.