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Verb
/rēv/,
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reeves, plural;
  1. Thread (a rope or rod) through a ring or other aperture, esp. in a block
    • - one end of the new rope was reeved through the chain
  2. Fasten (a rope or block) in this way

Noun
  1. A female ruff

  1. pass a rope through; "reeve an opening"
  2. female ruff
  3. fasten by passing through a hole or around something
  4. In many countries, a mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater") is the highest ranking officer in a municipal government of local town or large urban city.
  5. Originally in Anglo-Saxon England the reeve was a senior official with local responsibilities under the Crown e.g. as the chief magistrate of a town or district. ...
  6. Any of several local officials, with varying responsibilities; The president of a township or municipal district council; To pass a rope through a hole or opening, especially so as to fasten it
  7. (reeved) Of a rope, passed through a hole, ring or pulley
  8. (Reeves) an Other dispatched by Ryan to head off with Miles' group as they went off to bury Sayid. Reeves, along with his companion Vanessa, was shot dead in the attack by the rebel Others on Nehemiah's side. (Outcast)
  9. (Reeves) was born in Beirut, Lebanon, to Samuel Nowlin Reeves, Jr., an American geologist, and Patricia Taylor, an English showgirl and costume designer who was working in Beirut when she met Reeves' father at a local nightclub.
  10. ("Reeving") The reeving of the hoist is the path of the rope between the hoist and the load block.
  11. (Reeving) A system in which a rope or chain travels around drums, sheaves or sprockets.
  12. Head of Shinra Inc's Urban Development Division. Responsible for designing most of Midgar, Reeve cares about the city and the people who live in it, an unusual trait for a Shinra official. ...
  13. Leading a line through a block or other object.
  14. (v) To thread the halyard through a block (or over a pulley) fitted into the truck and thereby raise or lower a flag (see also ‘halyard’ and ‘truck’).
  15. churchwarden; early name for sheriff in England.
  16. to separate with a fine sieve, small corn, seeds, etc., from the good grain
  17. (Latin prepositus) A tenant of the manor, chosen either by the lord or from among his fellows to be responsible for the management of the manor, rendering an account annually.  Where the demesne was no longer farmed directly, the reeve became, in effect, the lord's rent collector. ...
  18. (O.E. gerefa; L. praepositus, prepositus)     1) A royal official, or a manor official appointed by the lord or elected by the peasants. 2) Manorial overseer, usually a villager elected by tenants of the manor. ...
  19. an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; the current derivation is sheriff, ie., shire reeve. Originally, the reeve was local administrative agent of an Anglo-Saxon king. Later, he was a medieval English manor officer responsible chiefly for overseeing the discharge of feudal obligations. {W}
  20. the chief administrator of a small community. {see also grave}
  21. A steward; generally a steward of a manor.
  22. The treasurer or exchequer. Someone who handles the money on a local or kingdom level.
  23. An officer appointed by a landowner to supervise estates, tenants, or workers.
  24. in archaic times, a Reeve was a serf elected to supervise lands for a Lord, ensuring the Lord was not cheated by the serfs. The role evolved into policing crime. The term 'Sheriff' is thought to have evolved from 'Shire Reeve'. The old occupation title 'Reeve' also included Churchwardens.
  25. Principal manorial official under the bailiff, always a villein.