Definitions for: Stive

Webster (1913) Definition: 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, v. i.
To be stifled or suffocated.

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

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