Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Steeve \Steeve\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Steeved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Steeving}.] [Cf. OD. steve staff, E. stem, n.]
   (Shipbuilding)
   To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with
   the line of a vessel's keel; -- said of the bowsprit, etc.