Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb & adjective In a vertical or almost vertical position or direction.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Nautical, in a nearly vertical position or relation; pointing upward, or in an up-and-down direction.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb (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 hoveapeak .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb nautical, of an anchor In a
vertical line, thecable having been sufficiently hove in to bring the ship over it.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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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.
Fighting the Whales 1859
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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.
Fighting the Whales 1859
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"apeak," the "sheets" drawn "taut" and "belayed," and the wet canvas, spread out once more, became filled with the breeze, and carried the craft with a singing sound through the water.
The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Mayne Reid 1850
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When I landed with my trade goods, leaving my steering sweep apeak, Otoo left his stroke position and came into the stern sheets, where a Winchester lay ready to hand under a flap of canvas.
THE HEATHEN 2010
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When I landed with my trade goods, leaving my steering sweep apeak, Otoo left his stroke position and came into the stern sheets, where a Winchester lay ready to hand under a flap of canvas.
THE HEATHEN 2010
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#1 I was floored when I heard Gary Sinese apeak about his love of Focus on the Family and real patriots like Palin … floored. the others were a given, but for some reason I expected more from this guy!
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When I landed with my trade goods, leaving my steering sweep apeak, Otoo left his stroke position and came into the stern sheets, where a Winchester lay ready to hand under a flap of canvas.
THE HEATHEN 2010
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#1 I was floored when I heard Gary Sinese apeak about his love of Focus on the Family and real patriots like Palin … floored. the others were a given, but for some reason I expected more from this guy!
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Anyone who dares apeak honestly about Obama will be demonized, called a racist.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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You believe what they SAY when everyone with half a brain knows that ACTIONS apeak louder…
chained_bear commented on the word apeak
"'...if I do not mistake we are short stay apeak. I say we are short stay apeak.' But before he could insist upon this term, better than any Martin could produce, and reasonably accurate, a voice called from the forecastle...'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Thirteen Gun Salute, 66
March 3, 2008