Definition of stave

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Stave (n.) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.

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Barrel :: Barrel (n.) A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads..
Inshave :: Inshave (n.) A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.
Staw :: Staving (n.) A cassing or lining of staves; especially, one encircling a water wheel..
Piggin :: Piggin (n.) A small wooden pail or tub with an upright stave for a handle, -- often used as a dipper..
Stave :: Stave (n.) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
#NAME? :: -staves (pl. ) of Flagstaf.
Staves :: Stave (v. i.) To burst in pieces by striking against something; to dash into fragments.
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..
Pack :: Pack (n.) A shook of cask staves.
Succulence :: Succula (n.) A bare axis or cylinder with staves or levers in it to turn it round, but without any drum..
Stave :: Stave (n.) To suffer, or cause, to be lost by breaking the cask..
Delphinic :: Delphinic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically, relating to the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria)..
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..
Cresset :: Cresset (n.) A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible..
Bedstaves :: Bedstaves (pl. ) of Bedstaf.
Delphinine :: Delphinine (n.) A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria), as a colorless amorphous powder..
System :: System (n.) The collection of staves which form a full score. See Score, n..
Chine :: Chine (v. t.) Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine..
Lumber :: Lumber (n.) Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is smaller than heavy timber..
Staving :: Stavewood (n.) A tall tree (Simaruba amara) growing in tropical America. It is one of the trees which yields quassia.
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