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

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apeak

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Break our starboard-bower out, apeak, awash, and clear.

From Verses 1889-1896 by Kipling, Rudyard

Tell him that if he wants to come, the Golden Rod is waiting with her anchor apeak and her cargo aboard.

From The Refugees by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

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

The men at once threw their oars "apeak", as they say; that is, raised them straight, up in the air, and waited for further orders.

From Fighting the Whales by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)