Definition of stave

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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..

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Stave :: Stave (n.) To furnish with staves or rundles.
Shake :: Shake (n.) A shook of staves and headings.
Stave :: Stave (n.) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
Stove :: Stove () imp. of Stave.
Quarterstaves :: Quarterstaves (pl. ) of Quarterstaf.
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..
Can Hook :: Can hook () A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves..
Stave :: 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..
Staved :: Stave (n.) The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.
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..
Hand Staves :: Hand staves (pl. ) of Han.
Bilge :: Bilge (v. t.) To fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel)..
Shake :: Shake (n.) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
Stave :: Stave (n.) To delay by force or craft; to drive away; -- usually with off; as, to stave off the execution of a project..
Vyce :: Vyce (n.) A kind of clamp with gimlet points for holding a barrel head while the staves are being closed around it.
Stave :: Stave (n.) 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..
Staves :: Staves (n.) pl. of Staff.
Stave :: Stave (n.) To push, as with a staff; -- with off..
Distaves :: Distaves (pl. ) of Distaf.
Staves :: Stave (v. i.) To burst in pieces by striking against something; to dash into fragments.
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