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Steeked vs Steeved - What's the difference?

steeked | steeved |

As verbs the difference between steeked and steeved

is that steeked is past tense of steek while steeved is past tense of steeve.

steeked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (steek)

    • steek

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To stitch (sew with a needle)
  • To shut or close

    • Noun

    (wikipedia steek) (en noun)
  • (Scotland) A stitch.
  • *1934 , (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), Grey Granite'', Polygon 2006 (''A Scots Quair ), p. 565:
  • *:Ake Ogilvie told the tale the next day to Ma Cleghorn, Ma lying at rest in her bed, she'd gone to bed with a steek in her side and as lying fair wearied till Ake looked in.
  • A set of stitches used to fasten knitting together.
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    steeved

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (steeve)

    • steeve

    English

    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.
  • To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel; the steeving.
  • A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales and similar cargo needing to be packed tightly.

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