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1. A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales, and similar kinds of cargo which need to be packed tightly
    
2. The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel
   - steeving

1. To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve
    
2. To elevate or fix at an angle with the horizon; - said of the bowsprit, etc

Derived forms: steeves, steeved, steeving