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System :: System (n.) The collection of staves which form a full score. See Score, n..

Stave :: Stave (n.) To push, as with a staff; -- with off..

Delphinic :: Delphinic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically, relating to the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria)..

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

Barrel :: Barrel (n.) A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads..

Verse :: Verse (n.) A stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses..

Stave :: 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..

Hoop :: Hoop (n.) A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form, and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of casks, tubs, etc..

Stavesacre :: Staves (pl.) pl. of Stave.

Distaves :: Distaves (pl. ) of Distaf.

Flogger :: Flogger (n.) A kind of mallet for beating the bung stave of a cask to start the bung.

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..

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..

Stave :: Stave (n.) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.

Stave :: Stave (n.) One of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel; one of the bars or rounds of a rack, a ladder, etc..

Shake :: Shake (n.) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.

Inshave :: Inshave (n.) A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.

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..

Bicker :: Bicker (n.) A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub..

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..

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