Crossword-Solution: STEEVE 6 letters, 35 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 9

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Word Word Type Definition
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.

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STEEVE anagram VESTEE

We have 35 clues for the answer “STEEVE”

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Pack, as a ship's hold. 1 answer
Bowsprit angle. 1 answer
Cram into the hold 1 answer
Derrick used to stow cargo 1 answer
Dock derrick 1 answer
Lade onto a ship 1 answer
Longshoreman's derrick 1 answer
Pack in a ship's hold 1 answer
Pack into a ship's hold 1 answer
Put in a ship's hold 1 answer
Spar used to stow cargo. 1 answer
Stow in a ship's hold 1 answer
Stow, as in a ship's hold 1 answer
Stuff into a ship's hold 1 answer
Stuff into a hold 1 answer
Work the docks 1 answer
Work the waterfront 1 answer
Work on the docks 2 answers
Stow, as cargo 2 answers
Stow in a hold 2 answers
Do a longshoreman's job 3 answers
Fill the Hold 3 answers
LOAD cargo 3 answers
Load as cargo 3 answers
Stow Cargo 3 answers
Put in the hold 6 answers
Pack tightly 8 answers
A CARGO SHIP DESIGNED TO HOLD CONTAINERIZED CARGOES 10 answers
A CARGO SHIP TRANSPORTED OLD BOXES 10 answers
DO DOCK WORK 11 answers
A SHIP DESIGNED TO CARRY CARGO 11 answers
stow 11 answers
A CARGO SHIP 11 answers
Cargo ship. 14 answers
Derrick 15 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RAETE
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greedy person
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Each morning we went ashore, and beat and brought off as many hides as we could steeve in the course of the day, and, after breakfast, went down into the hold, where we remained at work until night.
Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 2000
Two long, heavy spars, called steeves, made of the strongest wood, and sharpened off like a wedge at one end, were placed with their wedge ends into the inside of the hide which was the centre of the book, and to the other end of each, straps were fitted, into which large tackles were hooked, composed each of two huge purchase blocks, one hooked to the strap on the end of the steeve, and the other into a dog, fastened into one of the beams, as far aft as it could be got.
Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 2000
This they did all day long for several days, until their hides were all discharged, when a gang of them were sent on board the Alert, to help us steeve our hides.
Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 2000
Each morning we went ashore, and beat and brought off as many hides as we could steeve in a day, and, after breakfast, went down into the hold, where we remained at work until night, except a short spell for dinner.
Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 2003
Two long, heavy spars, called steeves, made of the strongest wood, and sharpened off like a wedge at one end, were placed with their wedge ends into the inside of the hide which was the centre of the book, and to the other end of each straps were fitted, into which large tackles[1] were hooked, composed each of two huge purchase blocks, one hooked to the strap on the end of the steeve, and the other into a dog, fastened into one of the beams, as far aft as it could be got.
Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 2003
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Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, New Yorker, NYT, S&S, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.

Used 35 times in crossword archives (1963–2022).