Stow

stō, v.t. to place: to arrange: to fill by packing things in: ( slang ) to put away out of sight: to be silent about.— ns. Stow′age , act of placing in order: state of being laid up: room for articles to be laid away: money paid for stowing goods; Stow′away , one who hides himself in an outward-bound ve el in order to get a pa age for nothing; Stow′down , the proce of stowing down in a ship's hold; Stow′er , one who stows; Stow′ing , in mining, rubbish thrown into the cavities out of which the ore, coal, . have been taken. [M. E. stowen , to place—A.S. stów , a place; cf. Dut. stuwen , to stow, to push, Ger. stauen , to pack.]