stove

pret. of v. [STAVE, v.] stove, v. t. [STOVE, s.] 3876 stow-lins, adv. [Scotch stown =stolen; adverb suff.-lins. By stealth. ( Scotch.) "Rob, stowlins , prie'd her bonny mou." Burns: Halloween . *stowre, a . [STOUR.] stoyte, v. i. [STOIT.] (Scotch.) strā-bişm, s. [Fr. strabisme , from Latin heated; to force in a stove. "Orange-trees, limon-trees, and mirtles, if they be stoved." -Bacon: E ays; Of Gardens. *2. To heat, as in a stove; as, to stove feathers. 3. To cook in a close ve el; to stew. ( Scotch .) *4. To shut or exclude from sight, as the fire in a stove. "A naked or stov'd fire, pent up within the house without any exit or succe ion of external fresh and unex hausted vital air must needs be noxious and pernicious." Evelyn: Advertisement to Quintenye.