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  Stave \Stave\ (st[=a]v), n. [From Staff, and corresponding to
     the pl. staves. See Staff.]
     1. One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron
        plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering,
        or lining of a vessel or structure; esp., one of the
        strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc.
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     2. One of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel; one of the
        bars or rounds of a rack, a ladder, etc.
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     3. A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
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              Let us chant a passing stave
              In honor of that hero brave.          --Wordsworth.
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     4. (Mus.) The five horizontal and parallel lines on and
        between which musical notes are written or printed; the
        staff[7]. [Obs.]
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     Stave jointer, a machine for dressing the edges of staves.
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  Stave \Stave\, n. [From Staff, and corresponding to the pl.
     staves. See Staff.]
     1. One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron
        plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering,
        or lining of a vessel or structure; esp., one of the
        strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc.
  
     2. One of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel; one of the
        bars or rounds of a rack, a ladder, etc.
  
     3. A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
  
              Let us chant a passing stave In honor of that hero
              brave.                                --Wordsworth.
  
     4. (Mus.) The five horizontal and parallel lines on and
        between which musical notes are written or pointed; the
        staff. [Obs.]
  
     Stave jointer, a machine for dressing the edges of staves.