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Steem

Steem

(stè„m)
,
Verb.
&
Noun.
See
Esteem
.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Steem

,
Verb.
&
Noun.
See 1st and 2nd
Stem
.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
{

Stem

,

Steem

, }
Verb.
I.
To gleam.
[Obs.]
His head bald, that shone as any glass, . . .
[And]
stemed
as a furnace of a leed [caldron].
Chaucer.
{

Stem

,

Steem

}
,
Noun.
A gleam of light; flame.
[Obs.]