That yaller, dirty packet with her bowsprit steeved that way, she's the Hope of Prague.    From Wordnik.com.  [Captains Courageous] Reference

"A brown patch in the big main-topsail, and the bowsprit steeved more'n ordinary," said Joe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackbeard: Buccaneer] Reference

It consisted of a collar of rope set lower at one side than at the other (but that had been before the mast had steeved so many degrees away from the zenith), and tallowed beneath.    From Wordnik.com.  [Widdershins] Reference

The fore part of the frigate was several feet above water, and the bowsprit steeved in the air; of the after part there were but three or four broken timbers to be seen clear of the water, so deep had it been buried in the sand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Percival Keene] Reference

In addition to this, she had been steeved so thoroughly, and was so bound by the compression of her cargo, forced into her by machinery so powerful, that she was like a man in a strait-jacket, and would be but a dull sailer until she had worked herself loose.    From Wordnik.com.  [Two Years Before the Mast] Reference

In addition to this, she had been steeved so thoroughly, and was so bound by the compression of her cargo, forced into her by so powerful machinery, that she was like a man in a straight-jacket, and would be but a dull sailer, until she had worked herself loose.    From Wordnik.com.  [Two Years Before the Mast] Reference