Staving

2 definitions found

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

  Stave \Stave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Staved} (st[=a]vd) or
     {Stove} (st[=o]v); p. pr. & vb. n. {Staving}.] [From {Stave},
     n., or {Staff}, n.]
     1. To break in a stave or the staves of; to break a hole in;
        to burst; -- often with in; as, to stave a cask; to stave
        in a boat.


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     2. To push, as with a staff; -- with off.
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              The condition of a servant staves him off to a
              distance.                             --South.
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     3. To delay by force or craft; to drive away; -- usually with
        off; as, to stave off the execution of a project.
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              And answered with such craft as women use,
              Guilty or guiltless, to stave off a chance
              That breaks upon them perilously.     --Tennyson.
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     4. To suffer, or cause, to be lost by breaking the cask.
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              All the wine in the city has been staved. --Sandys.
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     5. To furnish with staves or rundles. --Knolles.
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     6. To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking
        iron; as, to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which
        lead has been run.
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     {To stave and tail}, in bear baiting, (to stave) to interpose
        with the staff, doubtless to stop the bear; (to tail) to
        hold back the dog by the tail. --Nares.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Staving \Stav"ing\ (st[=a]v"[i^]ng), n.
     A casing or lining of staves; especially, one encircling a
     water wheel.
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