D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Apeak

· A·peak · IPA /əˈpiːk/
01 adv. & a. In a vertical line. The anchor in apeak, when the cable has been sufficiently hove in to bring the ship over it, and the ship is them said …
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    In a vertical line. The anchor in apeak, when the cable has been sufficiently hove in to bring the ship over it, and the ship is them said to be hove apeak.(Naut.)