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Stavesacre :: Staves (pl.) pl. of Stave.

Vyce :: Vyce (n.) A kind of clamp with gimlet points for holding a barrel head while the staves are being closed around it.

Shake :: Shake (n.) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.

Palstave :: Palstave (n.) A peculiar bronze adz, used in prehistoric Europe about the middle of the bronze age..

Staffs :: Staves (pl. ) of Staf.

Piggin :: Piggin (n.) A small wooden pail or tub with an upright stave for a handle, -- often used as a dipper..

Hand Staves :: Hand staves (pl. ) of Han.

Frow :: Frow (n.) A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower..

Stove :: Staved (imp. & p. p.) of Stav.

Stave :: Stave (n.) To suffer, or cause, to be lost by breaking the cask..

Shook :: Shook (v. t.) To pack, as staves, in a shook..

Bedstaves :: Bedstaves (pl. ) of Bedstaf.

Accolade :: Accolade (n.) A brace used to join two or more staves.

Quarterstaves :: Quarterstaves (pl. ) of Quarterstaf.

Tub :: Tub (n.) An open wooden vessel formed with staves, bottom, and hoops; a kind of short cask, half barrel, or firkin, usually with but one head, -- used for various purposes..

Hoop :: Hoop (n.) A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form, and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of casks, tubs, etc..

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..

Bouge :: Bouge (v. t.) To stave in; to bilge.

Can Hook :: Can hook () A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves..

Bilge :: Bilge (v. t.) To fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel)..

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