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STIVE
Etymology
Noun
stive
(obsolete) A stew.
The floating dust in a flour mill caused by the operation of grinding.
Verb
stive (third-person singular simple present stives, present participle stiving, simple past and past participle stived)
(UK, dialect, intransitive) To be stifled or suffocated.
(transitive, sometimes with "up") To compress, to cram; to make close and hot; to render stifling.
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Source: Wiktionary
Stive, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stived; p. pr. & vb. n. Stiving.] Etym: [Probably fr. F. estiver to compress, stow, L. stipare: cf. It. stivare, Sp. estivar. Cf. Stevedore, Stiff.]
Definition: 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.
Stive, v. i.
Definition: To be stifled or suffocated.
Stive, n.
Definition: The floating dust in flour mills caused by the operation or grinding. De Colange.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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