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More or less vertical, at sea
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apeak
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adv. (context nautical of an anchor English) In a vertical line, the cable having been sufficiently hove in to bring the ship over it.
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.