- stive
- sti|vevb., -r, -de, -t; stive en dug; stive sig af
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Stive — Stive, v. 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Stive — Stive, v. i. To be stifled or suffocated. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Stive — Stive, n. The floating dust in flour mills caused by the operation or grinding. De Colange. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Stive — This unusual name originally derives from the ancient Greek Stephanos meaning crown and the name of the first Christian martyr stoned to death in Jerusalem shortly after Christ s death. There are literally hundreds of variants and alternatives of … Surnames reference
stive — arbustive congestive contragestive digestive estive exhaustive intempestive suggestive … Dictionnaire des rimes
stivé — estivé … Dictionnaire des rimes
stive — v. a. 1. Stow, stuff close. 2. Make hot, close, or sultry. 3. Stew, seethe, boil gently … New dictionary of synonyms
stive — dust. Pembrokeshire, where DUST implies only saw dust … A glossary of provincial and local words used in England
stive — I. ˈstīv verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Middle English stiven, probably from Spanish estibar or Portuguese estivar to pack tightly more at steeve transitive verb 1. : to pack tightly : crowd … Useful english dictionary
æstive — … Useful english dictionary
