apeak

American  

[uh-peek] / əˈpik /

Or apeek

adjective

1. more or less vertical.

2. (of a dropped anchor) as nearly vertical as possible without being free of the bottom.

3. (of an anchored vessel) having the anchor cable as nearly vertical as possible without freeing the anchor.

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adverb

1. vertically.

apeak British  

/ əˈpiːk /

adverb

1. nautical in a vertical or almost vertical position

   with the oars apeak

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Etymology

Origin of apeak

First recorded in 1590–1600; a- ¹ + peak ¹

Example Sentences

Where Cabots speak only to Lowells, And the Lowells apeak only to God.

From Time Magazine Archive

They are still crowded up in the embayment between the cliffs, but with heads aloft and ears apeak, neighing, snorting, and restless, as if about to make a break.

From The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora by Reid, Mayne

The dull thunder of a salute came from the shore, the yards were manned, sails were unfurling, and the anchor chains were grinding apeak.

From Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 by Reed, Talbot Baines

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.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

Even the soldiers pulled and hauled at the ropes, and ran round with the capstan bars to get the anchors apeak.

From The Young Buglers by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)