[steeve] vt steeved ; steev.ing [ME steven, prob. fr. Sp estibar or Pg estivar to pack tightly, fr. L stipare to press together--more at stiff] (15c) archaic: to stow esp. in a ship's hold
[2]steeve vb steeved ; steev.ing [origin unknown] vi (ca. 1644) of a bowsprit: to incline upward at an angle with the horizon or the line of the keel ~ vt: to set (a bowsprit) at an upward inclination