Definition of stave

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Stave (n.) To suffer, or cause, to be lost by breaking the cask..

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Stave :: Stave (n.) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
Chine :: Chine (n.) The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave..
Verse :: Verse (n.) A stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses..
System :: System (n.) The collection of staves which form a full score. See Score, n..
Brace :: Brace (n.) A vertical curved line connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be taken together; thus, boll, bowl; or, in music, used to connect staves..
Clapboard :: Clapboard (n.) A stave for a cask.
Distaves :: Distaves (pl. ) of Distaf.
Cresset :: Cresset (n.) A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible..
Stave :: Stave (n.) To push, as with a staff; -- with off..
Succulence :: Succula (n.) A bare axis or cylinder with staves or levers in it to turn it round, but without any drum..
Bouge :: Bouge (v. t.) To stave in; to bilge.
Bicker :: Bicker (n.) A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub..
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..
Delphinic :: Delphinic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically, relating to the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria)..
Stove :: Stove () imp. of Stave.
Staved :: Stave (n.) The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.
Quarterstaves :: Quarterstaves (pl. ) of Quarterstaf.
Palstave :: Palstave (n.) A peculiar bronze adz, used in prehistoric Europe about the middle of the bronze age..
Pack :: Pack (n.) A shook of cask staves.
Staw :: Staving (n.) A cassing or lining of staves; especially, one encircling a water wheel..
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