Steeve \Steeve\ (st[=e]v), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Steeved}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Steeving}.] [Cf. OD. steve staff, E. stem, n.]
(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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