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unˈreeve, v.
[un-2 3.]
trans. To withdraw (a rope, etc.) from being reeved.
1600in Hakluyt Voy. III. 847 Wee vnriued our sheates, tackes, halliers, and other ropes. c1625Nomencl. Navalis (Harl. MS.) s.v. Reeve, When wee would haue that Roape pulled out of the Block, &c. wee say vnreeue that Roape, or the Brases, Lifts, Sheats, &c. are vnreeued. 1692Capt. Smith's Seaman's Gram. i. 81 To pull a Rope out of a Block is called unreeving the Rope. 1730Capt. W. Wriglesworth MS. Log-bk. of the ‘Lyell’ 1 Aug., Yesterday afternoon unreeved the runing Rigging. 1745P. Thomas Jrnl. Anson's Voy. 148 We unreev'd [sc. the rope]..And reev'd a new one. 1804Naval Chron. XII. 480 The chain-pumps were unrove, and leathered afresh. 1840R. H. Dana Bef. Mast v, We..sent down the royal yards, and unrove the gear. 1883Man. Seamanship for Boys 59 Jib or flying-jib stays can be unrove,..and then rove through the lacing.
refl.1847Kipping Sailmaking 49 By the loosening of which they unreeve themselves.
b. fig. (See quots.)
1840R. H. Dana Bef. Mast xxix, Cockroaches, fleas and other vermin..must have unrove their life-lines before the hatches were opened. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 707 Unrove his life-line, departed this life.
Hence unˈreeved ppl. a.1, unˈreeving vbl. n.
1730Capt. W. Wriglesworth MS. Log-bk. of the ‘Lyell’ 14 Aug., All our unreev'd Rigging is a shore. [1775Ash, Unreeving.] 1892Kipling Life's Handicap 182 The reeving and unreeving of the bed-tapes. |