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apeak |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Apeak \A*peak"\, adv & a. [Pref. a- + peak. Cf F. [`a] 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}.]
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