STIVES
Etymology
Noun
stives pl (plural only)
(obsolete) stews; a brothel
Source: Wiktionary
Stives, n. pl. Etym: [OE. See Stew.]
Definition: Stews; a brothel. [Obs.] Chaucer.
STIVE
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