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

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

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..

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

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..

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

Vyce :: Vyce (n.) A kind of clamp with gimlet points for holding a barrel head while the staves are being closed around it.

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

Chine :: Chine (v. t.) Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine..

Clapboard :: Clapboard (n.) A stave for a cask.

Stove :: Staved (imp. & p. p.) of Stav.

Distaves :: Distaves (pl. ) of Distaf.

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.

Wringstaves :: Wringstaves (pl. ) of Wringstaf.

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..

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

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

Stove :: Stove () imp. of Stave.

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

Delphinic :: Delphinic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically, relating to the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria)..

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