stover
(noun) the dried stalks and leaves of a field crop (especially corn) used as animal fodder after the grain has been harvested
Source: WordNet® 3.1
stover (countable and uncountable, plural stovers)
Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay.
Stalks and leaves, not including grain, of certain forages
• orvets, rovest, storve, strove, troves, voters
Stover (plural Stovers)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Stover is the 1455th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 24526 individuals. Stover is most common among White (87.36%) individuals.
• orvets, rovest, storve, strove, troves, voters
Source: Wiktionary
Sto"ver, n. Etym: [OE. estoveir, estovoir, necessity, provisions, properly an inf., "to be necessary." Cf. Estovers.]
Definition: Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay. Where live nibbling sheep, And flat meads thatched with stover them to keep. Shak. Thresh barley as yet but as need shall require, Fresh threshed for stover thy cattle desire. Tusser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
