Apeak

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Apeak \A*peak"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + peak. Cf. F. [`a] pic
     vertically.] (Naut.)
     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. [Spelt also {apeek}.]
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