Definition of stave

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

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Inshave :: Inshave (n.) A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.
Delphinic :: Delphinic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically, relating to the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria)..
Palstave :: Palstave (n.) A peculiar bronze adz, used in prehistoric Europe about the middle of the bronze age..
Bilge :: Bilge (v. t.) To fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel)..
Vyce :: Vyce (n.) A kind of clamp with gimlet points for holding a barrel head while the staves are being closed around it.
Shook :: Shook (v. t.) To pack, as staves, in a shook..
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..
Shook :: Shook (n.) A set of staves and headings sufficient in number for one hogshead, cask, barrel, or the like, trimmed, and bound together in compact form..
Staffs :: Staves (pl. ) of Staf.
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..
Stove :: Stove () imp. of Stave.
Flogger :: Flogger (n.) A kind of mallet for beating the bung stave of a cask to start the bung.
Bedstaves :: Bedstaves (pl. ) of Bedstaf.
Jointer :: "Jointer (n.) A long stationary plane, for plaining the edges of barrel staves..
Bouge :: Bouge (v. t.) To stave in; to bilge.
Pack :: Pack (n.) A shook of cask staves.
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..
Staw :: Staving (n.) A cassing or lining of staves; especially, one encircling a water wheel..
Staff :: Staff (n.) The five lines and the spaces on which music is written; -- formerly called stave.
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..
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