Reeve

·noun The female of the ruff.

II. Reeve ·vt To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like.

III. Reeve ·noun an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor;

— used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, ·etc.

Reeve, Clara
(1729-1807) Novelist, was the author of several novels, of which only one is remembered--The Old En...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
Reeve, Henry
(1813-1895) Editor, etc., s. of a physician, was on the staff of the Times, the foreign policy of w...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
port-reeve
A magistrate of certain sea-port towns in olden times. ...

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reeve, to
To pass the end of a rope through any cavity or aperture, as the channel of a block; to unreeve is t...

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