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

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..

Stave :: Stave (n.) To furnish with staves or rundles.

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

Hand Staves :: Hand staves (pl. ) of Han.

Jointer :: "Jointer (n.) A long stationary plane, for plaining the edges of barrel staves..

Bedstaves :: Bedstaves (pl. ) of Bedstaf.

Staving :: Stavewood (n.) A tall tree (Simaruba amara) growing in tropical America. It is one of the trees which yields quassia.

Wringstaves :: Wringstaves (pl. ) of Wringstaf.

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

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..

Palstave :: Palstave (n.) A peculiar bronze adz, used in prehistoric Europe about the middle of the bronze age..

Stove :: Stove () imp. of Stave.

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..

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..

Quarterstaves :: Quarterstaves (pl. ) of Quarterstaf.

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

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..

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

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..

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