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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Quarterstaves :: Quarterstaves (pl. ) of Quarterstaf.
Bouge :: Bouge (v. t.) To stave in; to bilge.
Succulence :: Succula (n.) A bare axis or cylinder with staves or levers in it to turn it round, but without any drum..
Verse :: Verse (n.) A stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses..
Staffs :: Staves (pl. ) of Staf.
Staved :: Stave (n.) The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.
Bicker :: Bicker (n.) A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub..
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..
Shake :: Shake (n.) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
Stave :: Stave (n.) To furnish with staves or rundles.
Stove :: Staved (imp. & p. p.) of Stav.
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..
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..
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.
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..
Distaves :: Distaves (pl. ) of Distaf.
Shook :: Shook (v. t.) To pack, as staves, in a shook..
Brace :: Brace (n.) A vertical curved line connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be taken together; thus, boll, bowl; or, in music, used to connect staves..
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..
Jointer :: "Jointer (n.) A long stationary plane, for plaining the edges of barrel staves..
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