[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

stave \stave\ st=av, n. from staff, and corresponding to
   the pl. staves. see staff.
   1. one of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron
      plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering,
      or lining of a vessel or structure; esp., one of the
      strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc.
      1913 webster

   2. one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel; one of the
      bars or rounds of a rack, a ladder, etc.
      1913 webster

   3. a metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
      1913 webster

            let us chant a passing stave
            in honor of that hero brave.          --wordsworth.
      1913 webster

   4. mus. the five horizontal and parallel lines on and
      between which musical notes are written or printed; the
      staff7. obs.
      1913 webster

   stave jointer, a machine for dressing the edges of staves.
      1913 webster
see also:
staff stave jointer 

Jointer >> J Words
Jointer, definition of term: Jointer
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Stave >> S Words
Stave, definition of term: Stave
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Stave Off >> S Words
Stave Off, definition of term: Stave Off
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