apeak

/əˈpiːk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

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adv

"Thus the good we should cherish, the bad never seek, / For death will too soon bring each anchor apeak."
"I found the New Shoreham with her anchor apeak and, within a quarter of an hour after I reached her, running seven knots an hour, right before the wind."

From French à pic (“at its summit; vertically”), compare with Italian a picco.

apeek (alternative)

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How do you pronounce apeak?

The recorded pronunciation is /əˈpiːk/.

What does apeak mean?

Where does apeak come from?

It is traced to French.

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