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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stave  \Stave\,  n.  [From  {Staff},  and  corresponding  to  the  pl 
  staves.  See  {Staff}.] 
  1.  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 
 
  2.  One  of  the  cylindrical  bars  of  a  lantern  wheel;  one  of  the 
  bars  or  rounds  of  a  rack,  a  ladder,  etc 
 
  3.  A  metrical  portion;  a  stanza;  a  staff. 
 
  Let  us  chant  a  passing  stave  In  honor  of  that  hero 
  brave.  --Wordsworth. 
 
  4.  (Mus.)  The  five  horizontal  and  parallel  lines  on  and 
  between  which  musical  notes  are  written  or  pointed;  the 
  staff.  [Obs.] 
 
  {Stave  jointer},  a  machine  for  dressing  the  edges  of  staves. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stave  \Stave\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Staved}or  {Stove};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Staving}.]  [From  {Stave},  n.,  or  {Staff},  n.] 
  1.  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. 
 
  2.  To  push  as  with  a  staff;  --  with  off 
 
  The  condition  of  a  servant  staves  him  off  to  a 
  distance.  --South. 
 
  3.  To  delay  by  force  or  craft;  to  drive  away  --  usually  with 
  off  as  to  stave  off  the  execution  of  a  project. 
 
  And  answered  with  such  craft  as  women  use  Guilty  or 
  guilties,  to  stave  off  a  chance  That  breaks  upon 
  them  perilously.  --Tennyson. 
 
  4.  To  suffer,  or  cause  to  be  lost  by  breaking  the  cask. 
 
  All  the  wine  in  the  city  has  been  staved.  --Sandys. 
 
  5.  To  furnish  with  staves  or  rundles.  --Knolles. 
 
  6.  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. 
 
  {To  stave  and  tail},  in  bear  baiting,  (to  stave)  to  interpose 
  with  the  staff,  doubtless  to  stop  the  bear;  (to  tail)  to 
  hold  back  the  dog  by  the  tail.  --Nares. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stave  \Stave\,  v.  i. 
  To  burst  in  pieces  by  striking  against  something  to  dash 
  into  fragments. 
 
  Like  a  vessel  of  glass  she  stove  and  sank. 
  --Longfellow. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stave 
  n  1:  (music)  the  system  of  five  horizontal  lines  on  which  the 
  musical  notes  are  written  [syn:  {staff}] 
  2:  one  of  several  thin  pieces  of  wood  forming  the  sides  of  a 
  barrel  or  bucket  [syn:  {lag}] 
  3:  a  crosspiece  between  the  legs  of  a  chair  [syn:  {rung},  {round}] 
  v  :  burst  or  force  (a  hole)  into  something  [syn:  {stave  in}] 




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