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stive |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stive \Stive\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stived}; p. pr & vb n. {Stiving}.] [Probably fr F. estiver to compress, stow, L. stipare: cf It stivare Sp estivar. Cf {Stevedore}, {Stiff}.] To stuff; to crowd; to fill full; hence to make hot and close to render stifling. --Sandys. His chamber was commonly stived with friends or suitors of one kind or other --Sir H. Wotton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stive \Stive\, v. i. To be stifled or suffocated. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stive \Stive\, n. The floating dust in flour mills caused by the operation or grinding. --De Colange
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