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steeve

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
steeve1

▶noun (in a sailing ship) the angle of the bowsprit in relation to the horizontal. ▶verb give (the bowsprit) a specified inclination.

– origin C17: of unknown origin.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
steeve2

▶noun a derrick consisting of a long pole with a block at the end.

– origin C15: from OFr. estiver or Sp. estibar, from L. stipare ‘pack tight’.

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