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

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)

The donkey winch soon began its work, and I felt the great anchor at length break away and come apeak.

From The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive by Mathes, Harry A.

Below the bluffs the silent salmon-fishers awaited their prey, and down the river with paddles apeak drifted the bark canoes of Cayuses and Umatillas.

From The Log School-House on the Columbia by Butterworth, Hezekiah

"Anchor apeak, sir," he reported to the first lieutenant.

From Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat by Optic, Oliver