Stiving

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

  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.


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