Usually means: Angle of a ship's bow.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word steeve:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. steeve: Merriam-Webster
  2. steeve, steeve: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. steeve, steeve: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. steeve: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Steeve, steeve: Wordnik
  6. steeve: Wiktionary
  7. steeve: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. steeve: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. steeve: Dictionary.com
  10. Steeve: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. steeve: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Steeve: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. steeve: FreeDictionary.org
  14. steeve: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  15. steeve: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. steeve: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. steeve: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See steeved as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (steeve)

noun:  (nautical) The angle that a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel.
noun:  A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales and similar cargo needing to be packed tightly.
verb:  (archaic) To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; said of the bowsprit, etc.
verb:  (transitive) To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve.

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