Noah Webster
Apeak
APE'AK, adverb [a and peak, a point. See peak.]
1. One the point; in a posture to pierce.
2. In seamen's language, perpendicular. The anchor is apeak when the cable is drawn so as to bring the ship directly over it.
APE'AK, adverb [a and peak, a point. See peak.]
1. One the point; in a posture to pierce.
2. In seamen's language, perpendicular. The anchor is apeak when the cable is drawn so as to bring the ship directly over it.