| stave | 1. One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc. 2. One of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel; one of the bars or rounds of a rack, a ladder, etc. 3. A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff. "Let us chant a passing stave In honor of that hero brave." (Wordsworth) 4. The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff. Stave jointer, a machine for dressing the edges of staves. Origin: From Staff, and corresponding to the pl. Staves. See Staff. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| stavesacre | <botany> A kind of larkspur (Delphinium Staphysagria), and its seeds, which are violently purgative and emetic. They are used as a parasiticide, and in the East for poisoning fish. Origin: Corrupted from NL. Staphis agria, Gr. Dried grape + wild. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| stavewood | <botany> A tall tree (Simaruba amara) growing in tropical America. It is one of the trees which yields quassia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |