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Vertically, to a sailor
Answer for the clue "Vertically, to a sailor ", 5 letters:
apeak
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Apeak \A*peak"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + peak. Cf. F. [`a] pic vertically.] (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 hove apeak. [Spelt also apeek ...
Usage examples of apeak.
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.
With these thoughts, he urged his men to put their strength to the work, and in a few minutes the anchor was apeak, and the vessel under sail.
My anchor is short stay apeak, and I shall be under sail in half an hour.