5 definitions found for Stive

Stive STIVE, v.t. [See Stuff and Stew.]
1. To stuff up close. [Not in use.]
2. To make hot, sultry and close. [Not in use.]

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. His chamber was commonly stived with friends or suitors of one kind or other. --Sir H. Wotton.

Stive Stive, v. i. To be stifled or suffocated.

Stive Stive, n. The floating dust in flour mills caused by the operation or grinding. --De Colange.

stive v. a. 1. Stow, stuff close. 2. Make hot, close, or sultry. 3. Stew, seethe, boil gently.