steeling
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How they called up to my mind the months of curing at San Diego, the year and more of beach and surf work, and the steeving of the ship for home!
From Two Years Before the Mast by Dana, Richard Henry
We continued at work in this manner until the lower hold was filled to within four feet of the beams, when all hands were called aboard to commence steeving.
From Two Years Before the Mast by Dana, Richard Henry
Falconer also states that a sloop differs from a cutter by having a fixed steeving bowsprit and a jib-stay.
From King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 by Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble)
For one moment I saw everything reel and aslant—Kato, the Schmerveloffians on the sofa, the cistern-post with its hats and coats and one hook empty, steeving up towards a tilted ceiling....
From The Debit Account by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
The martinganes flatten in their jibs along their high steeving bowsprits and jib-booms.
From The Children of the King by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
