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Steeve [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel; -- called also steeving.

2. A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales, and similar kinds of cargo which need to be packed tightly.

Steeve [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; -- said of the bowsprit, etc.

Steeve [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. 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).

Steeved [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913