English-Thai Dictionary
steeve
VI กระดก เอียง ขึ้น kra-duk
steeve
VT อัด ยัด aud
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
STEEVE
Steeve, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Steeved; p. pr. & vb. n. Steeving. ] Etym: [Cf. OD. steve staff, E. stem, n.] (Shipbuilding )
Defn: 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
STEEVE Steeve, v. t.
1. (Shipbuilding )
Defn: 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 ).
STEEVE
STEEVE Steeve, n. (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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
steeve
steeve |stēv stiv | ▶noun (in a sailing ship ) the angle of the bowsprit in relation to a horizontal plane. ▶verb [ with obj. ] (usu. be steeved ) give (the bowsprit ) a specified inclination. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: of unknown origin.
steeve
steeve 2 |stiːv | ▶noun a derrick consisting of a long pole with a block at the end. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (as a verb ): from Old French estiver or Spanish estibar, from Latin stipare ‘pack tight ’. The noun is first recorded as a 19th -cent. US term.
Oxford Dictionary
steeve
steeve 1 |stiːv | ▶noun (in a sailing ship ) the angle of the bowsprit in relation to the horizontal. ▶verb [ with obj. ] give (the bowsprit of a sailing ship ) a specified inclination. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: of unknown origin.
steeve
steeve 2 |stiːv | ▶noun a derrick consisting of a long pole with a block at the end. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (as a verb ): from Old French estiver or Spanish estibar, from Latin stipare ‘pack tight ’. The noun is first recorded as a 19th -cent. US term.
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