stavedadj.
/steɪvd/ 1. Furnished with a stave or staves.† a. Having a handle or a supporting stem. Obsolete.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > parts of tools generally > [adjective] > handle or stock > provided with
earedOE
handled1341
haftedc1440
started1468
staved1481
lugged1489
stocked1497
long-stealed1530
shafteda1598
ansated1736
the world > space > relative position > support > [adjective] > supported > with posts or stakes
staked1531
posted1572
staved1628
stanchioned1839
1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 333 My Lord paied to I. Gravele uppon vj. bylles staved, and v. unstaved iij.s. iiij.d.
1599 in 15th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1899) App. v. 72 Waddhookes staved, twelve.
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xv. sig. K7 The same fire may be in the waxen Taper, which is in the staued Torch, but 'tis not equall either in quantity, or advancement.
b. Of a ladder: Furnished with rungs.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > ladder > [adjective] > of ladder: furnished with rungs
runged1583
staved1603
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 635 But climing too fast vp the euill staued ladder of ambition, suddenly fell.
1770 Ann. Reg. 1769 Nat. Hist. 101/1 You pass thirty ladders, some half broken, other not half staved.
c. Architecture. Of a column: Having a round convex moulding or bead in the lower part of the fluting. (Cf. cable v. 2 and rudenture n.)
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [adjective] > having rope or staff moulding
cabled1664
staved1664
rudenta1706
rudented1723
1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 130 Sometimes we find the Striges [by our Workmen call'd Flutings and Groeves] to be fill'd up with a swelling, a third part from the Base, and these we call Stav'd, or Cabl'd-Columns.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of striking with specific blunt weapon > [adjective] > struck with specific blunt weapon
bastoned1593
staveda1625
bludgeoned1887
coshed1896
a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Knight of Malta iv. ii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Mmmmmv/2 Thou art a dogge, I will make thee sweare, a dog stav'd.
3. Broken; also staved in.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [adjective] > broken
broken1383
bursted1527
pipped1540
fract1547
fracted1547
cracked1562
infract1593
fractured1617
broke1647
confragosea1684
staved1699
burst1812
bashed1830
snapped1869
1699 S. Garth Dispensary v. 64 Each Combatant his Adversary mauls With batter'd Bed-pans, and stav'd Urinals.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Staved (of the Staves of a Cask), beat to Pieces.
1913 Daily News 4 Feb. 11 The staved-in barrels, and the lidless boxes that everywhere met the eye.
4. Forging. Thickened by hammering.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [adjective] > shaped with hammer
wrought1555
staved1906
1906 J. Watson Tables for Blacksm. & Forgers 15 The staved part [of an iron bar].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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