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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Succulence :: Succula (n.) A bare axis or cylinder with staves or levers in it to turn it round, but without any drum..
Staving :: Stavewood (n.) A tall tree (Simaruba amara) growing in tropical America. It is one of the trees which yields quassia.
Stave :: Stave (n.) One of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel; one of the bars or rounds of a rack, a ladder, etc..
#NAME? :: -staves (pl. ) of Flagstaf.
Cask :: Cask (n.) A barrel-shaped vessel made of staves headings, and hoops, usually fitted together so as to hold liquids. It may be larger or smaller than a barrel..
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..
System :: System (n.) The collection of staves which form a full score. See Score, n..
Delphinic :: Delphinic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically, relating to the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria)..
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..
Staves :: Stave (v. i.) To burst in pieces by striking against something; to dash into fragments.
Palstave :: Palstave (n.) A peculiar bronze adz, used in prehistoric Europe about the middle of the bronze age..
Quarterstaves :: Quarterstaves (pl. ) of Quarterstaf.
Bedstaves :: Bedstaves (pl. ) of Bedstaf.
Shake :: Shake (n.) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
Stavesacre :: Staves (pl.) pl. of Stave.
Hand Staves :: Hand staves (pl. ) of Han.
Cresset :: Cresset (n.) A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible..
Bilge :: Bilge (v. t.) To fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel)..
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.
Stove :: Stove () imp. of Stave.
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