a-peakadv.adj.

Brit.

/əˈpiːk/, U.S.

/əˈpik/

Forms: 1500s–1600s a-pike, 1600s– a-peek, 1700s– a-peak.

Etymology: < French à pic vertically; in naval language ‘le bâtiment est à pic sur son ancre’ vertically over its anchor; < à ‘to, at, according to’ + pic ‘vertex, summit’: see peak n.² and adj., pike v.⁶

Nautical.

In a vertical position; vertical.

a. ‘A ship drawn directly over the anchor is apeek; when the forestay and cable form a line, it is short stay apeek; when in a line with the main stay, long stay apeek. The anchor is apeek when the cable has been sufficiently hove in to bring the ship over it.’ Adm. Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 1867.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > rowing apparatus > [adverb] > held vertically (of oars)

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [adverb] > specific position of anchor or cable

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1596 F. Vere Comm. 30 By reason of my riding with my Anchor a pike.

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 38 Is the Anchor a pike, that is, to heaue the Hawse of the ship right ouer the Anchor.

1670 J. Dryden & W. Davenant Shakespeare's Tempest i. 2 Come, Bullys, chear up! heave lustily. The Anchor's a peek.

1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 172 The resolution, to order all their anchors to be heaved a-peak.

1809 M. Edgeworth Manœuvring iii, in Tales Fashionable Life III. 45 The anchor a-peak, and the sails ready for dropping.

b. figurative.

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1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. iv. 19 He's a going,—the land crabs will have him,..his anchor's a peak.

c. ‘ yards apeek: when they are topped, so as to resemble St. Andrew's cross; it is done as a token of mourning, or for convenience.’ Adm. Smyth.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [adverb] > positions of yards

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1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) i. xvi. 80 To Ride a Peek, is when the Yards are so ordered, that they seem to make the Figure of St. Andrews Cross.

d. oars apeak: held vertically.

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1628 R. Le Grys tr. J. Barclay Argenis iv. 306 Setting their Oares on pike.]

1870 Sund. at Home 281 (Burial of Mr. Peabody) The ‘Leyden’..steamed slowly..up the harbour, followed by the boats, the men with oars apeak.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	a-peak
释义	a-peakadv.adj. Brit. /əˈpiːk/, U.S. /əˈpik/ Forms: 1500s–1600s a-pike, 1600s– a-peek, 1700s– a-peak. Etymology: < French à pic vertically; in naval language ‘le bâtiment est à pic sur son ancre’ vertically over its anchor; < à ‘to, at, according to’ + pic ‘vertex, summit’: see peak n.² and adj., pike v.⁶ Nautical. In a vertical position; vertical. a. ‘A ship drawn directly over the anchor is apeek; when the forestay and cable form a line, it is short stay apeek; when in a line with the main stay, long stay apeek. The anchor is apeek when the cable has been sufficiently hove in to bring the ship over it.’ Adm. Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 1867. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > rowing apparatus > [adverb] > held vertically (of oars) a-peak1596 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [adverb] > specific position of anchor or cable a-peak1596 1596 F. Vere Comm. 30 By reason of my riding with my Anchor a pike. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 38 Is the Anchor a pike, that is, to heaue the Hawse of the ship right ouer the Anchor. 1670 J. Dryden & W. Davenant Shakespeare's Tempest i. 2 Come, Bullys, chear up! heave lustily. The Anchor's a peek. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 172 The resolution, to order all their anchors to be heaved a-peak. 1809 M. Edgeworth Manœuvring iii, in Tales Fashionable Life III. 45 The anchor a-peak, and the sails ready for dropping. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. iv. 19 He's a going,—the land crabs will have him,..his anchor's a peak. c. ‘ yards apeek: when they are topped, so as to resemble St. Andrew's cross; it is done as a token of mourning, or for convenience.’ Adm. Smyth. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [adverb] > positions of yards a-trip1626 a-peak1692 abox1801 peak1867 box1886 1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) i. xvi. 80 To Ride a Peek, is when the Yards are so ordered, that they seem to make the Figure of St. Andrews Cross. d. oars apeak: held vertically. ΚΠ 1628 R. Le Grys tr. J. Barclay Argenis iv. 306 Setting their Oares on pike.] 1870 Sund. at Home 281 (Burial of Mr. Peabody) The ‘Leyden’..steamed slowly..up the harbour, followed by the boats, the men with oars apeak. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.adj.1596
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