stover

[O. Fr. estover, estovoir = nece aries, provisions.] Fodder and provisions of all kind for cattle. "The haie of our low medowes is not so profitable for stouer and for rage as the higher meads be." - Holinshed: Descript . Brit . , ch. xviii. stov-ing, pr. par., a. & s. [STOVE, v.] straight 2. To be dispersed or scattered; to stand alone, to be isolated; to be apart from any main body. 3. To escape and stretch beyond the proper limits; to spread widely; to shoot too far. 4. To wander at large; to roam idly about. străg-gler, *străg-lēr, subst. [Eng.straggl ( e ); IMG:content-0372.png:[blocks in formation] verb.) IMG:content-0373.png:[blocks in formation] Naut.: Billets of wood used as chocks to steady casks in a ship's hold. stow (2), v. t. [Cf. Low Ger. stuwa remnant; stuf blunt, stumpy.] To cut off, to crop, to lop. (Prov.)