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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#NAME? :: -staves (pl. ) of Flagstaf.
Stave :: Stave (n.) To furnish with staves or rundles.
Quarterstaves :: Quarterstaves (pl. ) of Quarterstaf.
Delphinic :: Delphinic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically, relating to the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria)..
Stave :: Stave (n.) To push, as with a staff; -- with off..
Flogger :: Flogger (n.) A kind of mallet for beating the bung stave of a cask to start the bung.
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.) One of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel; one of the bars or rounds of a rack, a ladder, etc..
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..
Cresset :: Cresset (n.) A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible..
Stavesacre :: Staves (pl.) pl. of Stave.
Staves :: Staves (n.) pl. of Staff.
Lag :: Lag (n.) A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (Mach.), one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or a steam engine..
Piggin :: Piggin (n.) A small wooden pail or tub with an upright stave for a handle, -- often used as a dipper..
Stove :: Staved (imp. & p. p.) of Stav.
Verse :: Verse (n.) A stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses..
Vyce :: Vyce (n.) A kind of clamp with gimlet points for holding a barrel head while the staves are being closed around it.
Jointer :: "Jointer (n.) A long stationary plane, for plaining the edges of barrel staves..
Bedstaves :: Bedstaves (pl. ) of Bedstaf.
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..
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