Found 1 items, similar to Stive.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Stive 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 render stifling. --Sandys. [1913 Webster] His chamber was commonly stived with friends or suitors of one kind or other. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster] Stive \Stive\, v. i. To be stifled or suffocated. [1913 Webster] Stive \Stive\, n. The floating dust in flour mills caused by the operation or grinding. --De Colange. [1913 Webster]