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apeak

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a·peak  (-pk)
adv. & adj. Nautical
In a vertical or almost vertical position or direction: rowers holding their oars apeak.
[Alteration of apike, probably from French à pic : à, to (from Old French a, from Latin ad-; see ad-) + pic, peak (from Old French).]
apeak [əˈpiːk]
adv & adj
(Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical in a vertical or almost vertical position with the oars apeak
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With oars apeak, and paddles down, the sheets of their sails adrift, the three boats now stilly floated, awaiting Moby Dick's reappearance.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
Whenever we were coming back from a land journey, our eyes sought one thing in the distance first--the ship-- and when we saw it riding at anchor with the flag apeak, we felt as a returning wanderer feels when he sees his home.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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.
South Sea Tales by London, Jack View in context
 
 
 
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