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Definition of Steeve
1. v. i. To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; -- said of the bowsprit, etc.
2. v. t. To elevate or fix at an angle with the horizon; -- said of the bowsprit, etc.
3. n. The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel; -- called also steeving.
Definition of Steeve
1. Verb. (archaic) To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; -- said of the bowsprit, etc. ¹
2. Noun. (nautical) The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel; the steeving. ¹
3. Noun. A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales and similar cargo needing to be packed tightly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Steeve
1. to stow in the hold of a ship [v STEEVED, STEEVING, STEEVES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Steeve
Literary usage of Steeve
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1885)
""That's the fair and honest account of what old steeve drinked. ... It's a
satisfaction if it made you happy; but, I say, Mr steeve, I didn't think that, ..."
2. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"It steers or regulates the plough la lut notion, Lan. steeve ... Trusty ; as, a
steeve friend, 8. в. Obstinate, S.—Dan. i.tvt stiff ; hard, not flexible ..."
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