Definition of stave

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

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Stove :: Staved (imp. & p. p.) of Stav.
Staffs :: Staves (pl. ) of Staf.
Stove :: Stove () imp. of Stave.
Accolade :: Accolade (n.) A brace used to join two or more staves.
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..
Wringstaves :: Wringstaves (pl. ) of Wringstaf.
Staff :: Staff (n.) A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave..
Bicker :: Bicker (n.) A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub..
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..
Stave :: Stave (n.) To furnish with staves or rundles.
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..
Staving :: Stavewood (n.) A tall tree (Simaruba amara) growing in tropical America. It is one of the trees which yields quassia.
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..
Stave :: Stave (n.) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
Cresset :: Cresset (n.) A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible..
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..
Score :: Score (n.) The original and entire draught, or its transcript, of a composition, with the parts for all the different instruments or voices written on staves one above another, so that they can be read at a glance; -- so called from the bar, which, in its early use, was drawn through all the parts..
Staves :: Stave (v. i.) To burst in pieces by striking against something; to dash into fragments.
Shook :: Shook (v. t.) To pack, as staves, in a shook..
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