REEVE

n. v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The female of the ruff.

2.
v.

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

3.
n.

an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc. Chaucer. Piers Plowman.


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