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Definition of stave

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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..

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Shake :: Shake (n.) A shook of staves and headings.

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..

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..

Bedstaves :: Bedstaves (pl. ) of Bedstaf.

Stave :: Stave (n.) To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron; as, to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which lead has been run..

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

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

Stove :: Stove () imp. of Stave.

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

Staves :: Staves (n.) pl. of Staff.

Distaves :: Distaves (pl. ) of Distaf.

System :: System (n.) The collection of staves which form a full score. See Score, n..

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

Stave :: Stave (n.) To push, as with a staff; -- with off..

Verse :: Verse (n.) A stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses..

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

Stavewood :: Stavesacre (n.) A kind of larkspur (Delphinium Staphysagria), and its seeds, which are violently purgative and emetic. They are used as a parasiticide, and in the East for poisoning fish..

Staves :: Stave (v. i.) To burst in pieces by striking against something; to dash into fragments.

Carbuncle :: Carbuncle (n.) A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone. It has eight scepters or staves radiating from a common center. Called also escarbuncle.

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