Definition: of Stave
Definition: imp. of Stave.
Definition: A house or room artificially warmed or heated; a forcing
house, or hothouse; a drying room; -- formerly, designating an
artificially warmed dwelling or room, a parlor, or a bathroom, but now
restricted, in this sense, to heated houses or rooms used for
horticultural purposes or in the processes of the arts.
Definition: An apparatus, consisting essentially of a receptacle for
fuel, made of iron, brick, stone, or tiles, and variously constructed,
in which fire is made or kept for warming a room or a house, or for
culinary or other purposes.
Definition: To keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat; as,
to stove orange trees.
Definition: To heat or dry, as in a stove; as, to stove feathers.
