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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

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