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Stive
Pronunciation : Stive
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Probably fr. F. estiver to compress, stow, L. stipare: cf. It. stivare, Sp. estivar. Cf. Stevedore, Stiff.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Stived; p. pr. & vb. n. Stiving.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Stive
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To be stifled or suffocated.
i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Stive
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The floating dust in flour mills caused by the operation or grinding. De Colange.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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