His chamber was commonly stived with friends or suitors of one kind or other. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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 — sti|ve vb., r, de, t; stive en dug; stive sig af … Dansk ordbog
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
