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REEVE
reeve
(noun) female ruff
reeve
(verb) fasten by passing through a hole or around something
reeve
(verb) pass through a hole or opening; “reeve a rope”
reeve
(verb) pass a rope through; “reeve an opening”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
reeve (plural reeves)
(historical) Any of several local officials, with varying responsibilities.
(Canada) The president of a township or municipal district council.
(military, historical) The holder of a proposed but unadopted commissioned rank of the Royal Air Force, equivalent to wing commander.
Synonyms
• (medieval official): provost
Etymology 2
Verb
reeve (third-person singular simple present reeves, present participle reeving, simple past and past participle rove or reeved)
(nautical, dialect) To pass (a rope) through a hole or opening, especially so as to fasten it.
Etymology 3
Noun
reeve (plural reeves)
A female of the species Philomachus pugnax, a highly gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia; the male is a ruff.
Anagrams
• evere
Proper noun
Reeve
An occupational surname for a bailiff.
Anagrams
• evere
Source: Wiktionary
Reeve (rv), n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The female of the ruff.
Reeve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rove (rv); p. pr. & vb. n. Reeving.] Etym: [Cf. D. reven. See Reef, n. & v. t.] (Naut.)
Definition: To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like.
Reeve, n. Etym: [OE. reve, AS. ger. Cf. Sheriff.]
Definition: an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc. Chaucer. Piers Plowman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
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