Definition of stave

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Stave (n.) To delay by force or craft; to drive away; -- usually with off; as, to stave off the execution of a project..

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System :: System (n.) The collection of staves which form a full score. See Score, n..
Delphinine :: Delphinine (n.) A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria), as a colorless amorphous powder..
Quarterstaves :: Quarterstaves (pl. ) of Quarterstaf.
Flogger :: Flogger (n.) A kind of mallet for beating the bung stave of a cask to start the bung.
Stave :: Stave (n.) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
Clapboard :: Clapboard (n.) A stave for a cask.
Staw :: Staving (n.) A cassing or lining of staves; especially, one encircling a water wheel..
Delphinic :: Delphinic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically, relating to the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria)..
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..
Vyce :: Vyce (n.) A kind of clamp with gimlet points for holding a barrel head while the staves are being closed around it.
Stove :: Staved (imp. & p. p.) of Stav.
Staves :: Stave (v. i.) To burst in pieces by striking against something; to dash into fragments.
Stove :: Stove () imp. of Stave.
Stave :: Stave (n.) To delay by force or craft; to drive away; -- usually with off; as, to stave off the execution of a project..
Staff :: Staff (n.) A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave..
Stave :: Stave (n.) To furnish with staves or rundles.
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..
Bicker :: Bicker (n.) A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub..
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..
Shake :: Shake (n.) A shook of staves and headings.
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