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- Steeve - 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.
- Steeve - v. t. - To elevate or fix at an angle with the horizon; -- said of the bowsprit, etc.
- Steeve - v. t. - To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve. See Steeve, n. (b).
- Steeve - n. - The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel; -- called also steeving.
- Steeve - n. - A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales, and similar kinds of cargo which need to be packed tightly.
- Steeved - imp. & p. p. - of Steeve