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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Shake :: Shake (n.) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
Frow :: Frow (n.) A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower..
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..
Bedstaves :: Bedstaves (pl. ) of Bedstaf.
Accolade :: Accolade (n.) A brace used to join two or more staves.
Delphinine :: Delphinine (n.) A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria), as a colorless amorphous powder..
Stave :: Stave (n.) To furnish with staves or rundles.
Staff :: Staff (n.) A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave..
Quarterstaves :: Quarterstaves (pl. ) of Quarterstaf.
Staves :: Stave (v. i.) To burst in pieces by striking against something; to dash into fragments.
Hand Staves :: Hand staves (pl. ) of Han.
Wringstaves :: Wringstaves (pl. ) of Wringstaf.
Bicker :: Bicker (n.) A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub..
Inshave :: Inshave (n.) A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.
Stavesacre :: Staves (pl.) pl. of Stave.
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..
Jointer :: "Jointer (n.) A long stationary plane, for plaining the edges of barrel 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.
Succulence :: Succula (n.) A bare axis or cylinder with staves or levers in it to turn it round, but without any drum..
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