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Steeve  v. i.  (past & past part. steeved; pres. part. steeving)  (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.






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"Steeve" Quotes from Famous Books



... that, in losin her, my loss was by nae means great. So then, to mak a lang story short, in place o' jumpin into the Clyde, I hied me to a tavern, ate as hearty a supper as ever I ate in my life, drank a guid, steeve tumbler o' toddy, tumbled into bed, sleepit as sound as a caterpillar in winter, an' awoke next mornin as fresh as a daisy an' as licht as a lark, free frae a' concern aboot Lucy, an' perfectly satisfied that I had acted quite richt in no droonin mysel ...
— Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III • Various

... that—and the longer I looked at her the more firmly convinced did I become that she was none other than the dear old Shark herself. I could not be absolutely certain of her identity until her hull should heave up clear of the horizon, but that jaunty steeve of bowsprit and the hoist and spread of those topsails were all very strongly suggestive of the Shark. As I lowered the glass from my eye I happened to glance forward, and caught sight of Jones and Simpson seated forward on the topgallant forecastle, ...
— A Middy in Command - A Tale of the Slave Squadron • Harry Collingwood



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