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UNREEVE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of UNREEVE is to withdraw (a rope) from an opening (such as a ship's block or thimble).
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UNREEVE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
To pass the end of a rope through any cavity or aperture, as the channel of a block; to unreeve is the opposite.
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UNREEVE definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
1. Nautical to withdraw (a rope) from a block, thimble, etc. intransitive verb 2. to unreeve a rope 3. (of a rope) to become unreeved.
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unreeve
unˈreeve, v. [un-2 3.] trans. To withdraw (a rope, etc.) from being reeved.1600 in Hakluyt Voy. III. 847 Wee vnriued our sheates, tackes, halliers, and other ropes. c 1625 Nomencl. Navalis (Harl. MS.) s.v. Reeve, When wee would haue that Roape pulled out of the Block, &c. wee say vnreeue that Roape,...
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unreeve - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle English *unreven (attested only in past participle unrevyn) equivalent to un- + reeve. Verb. edit. unreeve (third-person singular simple present ...
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definition of unreeving by The Free Dictionary
un·reeve ... v.tr. To withdraw (a rope, for example) from an opening, such as a block or thimble. v.intr. 1. To become unreeved. 2. To unreeve a rope.
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unrive
▪ I. † unˈrive, v. Obs. [un-2 9 + rive v.1] trans. To tear apart; to open up.1592 W. Wyrley Armorie, Capitall de Buz 109 Such one as..troubles makes him faster for to twind Fast gaged band of loue, and scorns to liue More rather then the same he will vnriue. 1652 Benlowes Theoph. vi. xciv, Thus, the...
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Unscrambled 47 words from letters in UNREEVE
5 letter words made by unscrambling letters UNREEVE · eeven · enure · erven · nerve · never · reeve · revue · venue. 8 words found. 4 letter words made by ...
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unreeve - WordReference.com Dictionary of English
un•reeve (un rēv′),USA pronunciation v., -rove or -reeved, -reev•ing. v.t.. Nauticalto withdraw (a rope) from a block, thimble, etc.
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unreeve, v. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb unreeve. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning ...
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definition of Unreeve - synonyms, pronunciation, spelling from Free ...
Unreeve \Un*reeve"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + reeve, v. t.] (Naut.) To withdraw, or take out, as a rope from a block, thimble, or the like. [1913 Webster] ...
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Unreeve Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary
To withdraw (a line) from a block, ring, etc. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To become unreeved. American Heritage. To unreeve a rope.
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tackle
▪ I. tackle, n. (ˈtæk(ə)l) Forms: 3–6 takel, 4–6 Sc. takil(l, 4–8 tacle, takle, 5 takul(l, 5–6 takell, -yl, -yll, tackyl (tickell), 6–7 tackel, -ell, 6–8 Sc. taikle, (8 teakle, Sc. -kil), 6– tackle. [app. of Low German origin: cf. MLG. takel equipment generally, e.g. of a horseman, spec. of a ship, ...
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single
▪ I. single, n. (ˈsɪŋg(ə)l) Also 5 sengle, 6 syngle, Sc. singill. [Substantival use of single a.] 1. a. Falconry. The middle or outer claw on the foot of a hawk or falcon. Now only arch. Chiefly in pl., the middle claws being called the long singles, and the outer the petty singles. In early use the...
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