stive.
The floating dust in a flour mill caused by the operation of grinding.
Meaning & usage
The floating dust in a flour mill caused by the operation of grinding.
Where this word comes from
Apparently from a Middle Dutch noun related to stuiven and cognate to German Staub (“dust”).
To stew; to be stifled or suffocated.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English stīven, alternative form of stūphen (“to steep (meat in a liquid)”), from Vulgar Latin *extuphāre, *extufāre, *extupāre, from ex- + Ancient Greek τύφω (túphō, “to smoke”). Compare Scots stove (“to stew”) (whence Irish stobh), Old French estuver (“to put into hot water”), and Dutch stoven (“to stew, simmer”).
Sometimes with up: to compress (something); to cram.
Where this word comes from
Related to Italian stivàre, Portuguese estivar.
Obsolete form of stew.
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