Definition of stave

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Stave (n.) To delay by force or craft; to drive away; -- usually with off; as, to stave off the execution of a project..

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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..
Stavesacre :: Staves (pl.) pl. of Stave.
Flogger :: Flogger (n.) A kind of mallet for beating the bung stave of a cask to start the bung.
#NAME? :: -staves (pl. ) of Flagstaf.
Staves :: Staves (n.) pl. of Staff.
Pack :: Pack (n.) A shook of cask staves.
System :: System (n.) The collection of staves which form a full score. See Score, n..
Distaves :: Distaves (pl. ) of Distaf.
Frow :: Frow (n.) A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower..
Staved :: Stave (n.) The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.
Staves :: Stave (v. i.) To burst in pieces by striking against something; to dash into fragments.
Inshave :: Inshave (n.) A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.
Stave :: Stave (n.) One of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel; one of the bars or rounds of a rack, a ladder, etc..
Staff :: Staff (n.) A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave..
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..
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..
Accolade :: Accolade (n.) A brace used to join two or more staves.
Stave :: Stave (n.) To delay by force or craft; to drive away; -- usually with off; as, to stave off the execution of a project..
Shake :: Shake (n.) A shook of staves and headings.
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