Definition of stave

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Stave (n.) One of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel; one of the bars or rounds of a rack, a ladder, etc..

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Bicker :: Bicker (n.) A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub..
Staving :: Stavewood (n.) A tall tree (Simaruba amara) growing in tropical America. It is one of the trees which yields quassia.
Shook :: Shook (v. t.) To pack, as staves, in a shook..
Stave :: Stave (n.) To break in a stave or the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst; -- often with in; as, to stave a cask; to stave in a boat..
Stave :: Stave (n.) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
Brace :: Brace (n.) A vertical curved line connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be taken together; thus, boll, bowl; or, in music, used to connect staves..
Shake :: Shake (n.) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
Staved :: Stave (n.) The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.
Accolade :: Accolade (n.) A brace used to join two or more staves.
Shook :: Shook (n.) A set of staves and headings sufficient in number for one hogshead, cask, barrel, or the like, trimmed, and bound together in compact form..
Verse :: Verse (n.) A stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses..
Staw :: Staving (n.) A cassing or lining of staves; especially, one encircling a water wheel..
Stave :: Stave (n.) To delay by force or craft; to drive away; -- usually with off; as, to stave off the execution of a project..
Chine :: Chine (n.) The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave..
Staff :: Staff (n.) The five lines and the spaces on which music is written; -- formerly called stave.
Flogger :: Flogger (n.) A kind of mallet for beating the bung stave of a cask to start the bung.
Stove :: Stove () imp. of Stave.
Shake :: Shake (n.) A shook of staves and headings.
Stave :: Stave (n.) One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; esp., one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc..
Distaves :: Distaves (pl. ) of Distaf.
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