Definition of stave

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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..

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Bouge :: Bouge (v. t.) To stave in; to bilge.
Jointer :: "Jointer (n.) A long stationary plane, for plaining the edges of barrel staves..
Distaves :: Distaves (pl. ) of Distaf.
Shake :: Shake (n.) A shook of staves and headings.
Inshave :: Inshave (n.) A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.
Bilge :: Bilge (v. t.) To fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel)..
Piggin :: Piggin (n.) A small wooden pail or tub with an upright stave for a handle, -- often used as a dipper..
Staved :: Stave (n.) The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.
Stove :: Staved (imp. & p. p.) of Stav.
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..
Stave :: Stave (n.) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
Staw :: Staving (n.) A cassing or lining of staves; especially, one encircling a water wheel..
Staving :: Stavewood (n.) A tall tree (Simaruba amara) growing in tropical America. It is one of the trees which yields quassia.
Clapboard :: Clapboard (n.) A stave for a cask.
Staves :: Stave (v. i.) To burst in pieces by striking against something; to dash into fragments.
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..
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..
Succulence :: Succula (n.) A bare axis or cylinder with staves or levers in it to turn it round, but without any drum..
Tub :: Tub (n.) An open wooden vessel formed with staves, bottom, and hoops; a kind of short cask, half barrel, or firkin, usually with but one head, -- used for various purposes..
Stove :: Stove () imp. of Stave.
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