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

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

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..

Flogger :: Flogger (n.) A kind of mallet for beating the bung stave of a cask to start the bung.

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

Lag :: Lag (n.) A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (Mach.), one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or a steam engine..

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.

Bedstaves :: Bedstaves (pl. ) of Bedstaf.

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..

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..

Inshave :: Inshave (n.) A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.

Delphinine :: Delphinine (n.) A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria), as a colorless amorphous powder..

Succulence :: Succula (n.) A bare axis or cylinder with staves or levers in it to turn it round, but without any drum..

Cresset :: Cresset (n.) A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible..

Quarterstaves :: Quarterstaves (pl. ) of Quarterstaf.

Staff :: Staff (n.) The five lines and the spaces on which music is written; -- formerly called stave.

Bicker :: Bicker (n.) A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub..

Pack :: Pack (n.) A shook of cask staves.

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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