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apeek

apeek is the alternative spelling of apeak.

Meaning of apeak

Adverb

apeak (not comparable)

  1. In a vertical line, the cable having been sufficiently hove in to bring the ship over it.
    • Thus the good we should cherish, the bad never seek, / For death will too soon bring each anchor apeak.a 1796, Charles Dibdin, "Nautical Philosophy"

Questions about apeek

What is apeek the alternative spelling of?
Apeek is the alternative spelling of apeak.

Words near apeek in the dictionary

  1. APEC
  2. aped
  3. Apedale
  4. apedicellate
  5. apedom
  6. apeek
  7. apefirmative action
  8. apeflies
  9. apefly
  10. Apefreaka
  11. Apefrica

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