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stave(1)(dictionary)
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stave 1, noun(dictionary)
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stave(2) (iou)



stave verb. . M16.
[from STAVE noun.]
verb trans. Fit with a staff or handle. Long rare or obsolete. M16.
verb trans. Break up (a cask) into staves; break into (a cask) and let out the contents. L16.
b. Destroy (wine etc.) by breaking up the cask. E17.
verb trans. Break a hole in (a boat); break (a boat) to pieces; break (a hole) in a boat. Cf. STOVE verb2. E17.
stave in crush by forcing inwards, make a hole in.
b. verb intrans. Of a boat: break up; become holed. M18.
verb trans. Fit or provide (a cask, pail, etc.) with a staff or staves; renew the staves of. E17.
verb trans. Drive off or beat (as) with a staff or stave; beat off (orig. a dog in bear- or bull-baiting), keep or push back (a person or crowd). Usu. foll. by off. arch. exc. as passing into sense 6. E17.
stave and tail bring a bull- or bear-baiting to an end by beating back the baited animal and pulling back the dogs.
fig.: J. Trapp God..staves him [the devil] off, when he would worry his poor lambs.
verb trans. Foll. by off:
a. Keep (a person) away or at a distance; repel. Only in M17.
b. Prevent (a person) from doing something; divert (a person) from a practice or course of action. M-L17.
Henry More They may be..staved off from committing Idolatry.
c. Put off as inopportune; treat (a person) with evasion. M17.
d. Ward off or avert (something undesirable or harmful); prevent the occurrence of; defer. M17.
S. Hastings To stave off despair, Nancy threw herself into a febrile social life. P. Quillin There are..life support systems that can stave off death almost indefinitely.
verb trans. Crush inwards; force out of shape. Usu. foll. by in. E18.
verb intrans. & trans. Compress, thicken, or reshape (a metal bar or pipe), or form a metal joint, by hammering and usu. heating. Also foll. by up. L18.
b. verb intrans. Of metal: undergo staving in this way. Also foll. by up. E20.
verb intrans. Go with a rush or dash; advance or press onwards with vigour. Usu. foll. by adverb. Scot., dial., & US. E19.
M. Twain Other pedestrians went staving by us with vigorous strides.
verb trans. Sprain (esp. the thumb). Scot. E19.
verb trans. Drive or force with a heavy blow. US. M19.
J. C. Neal I'll stave my fist right through you.