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Webster 1913 Edition
Apeak
A-peak′
,adv.
& Adj.
[Pref.
a-
+ peak
. Cf. F. à pic
vertically.] (Naut.)
In a vertical line. The anchor in apeak, when the cable has been sufficiently hove in to bring the ship over it, and the ship is them said to be hove apeak.
[Spelt also
apeek
.] Webster 1828 Edition
Apeak
APE'AK
,adv.
1.
One the point; in a posture to pierce.2.
In seamen's language, perpendicular. The anchor is apeak, when the cable is drawn so as to bring the ship directly over it.Definition 2024
apeak
apeak
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apeak (not comparable)
- (nautical, of an anchor) In a vertical line, the cable having been sufficiently hove in to bring the ship over it.
- a 1796, Charles Dibdin, "Nautical Philosophy"
- Thus the good we should cherish, the bad never seek, / For death will too soon bring each anchor apeak.
- a 1796, Charles Dibdin, "Nautical Philosophy"