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Webster 1913 Edition
Stive
Stive
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Stived
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stiving
.] [Probably fr. F.
estiver
to compress, stow, L. stipare
: cf. It. stivare
, Sp. estivar
. Cf. Stevedore
, Stiff
.] 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
,Verb.
I.
To be stifled or suffocated.
Stive
,Noun.
The floating dust in flour mills caused by the operation or grinding.
De Colange.
Webster 1828 Edition
Stive
STIVE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To stuff up close. [Not in use.]2.
To make hot, sultry and close. [Not in use.]