Formerly for drying powder, at a temperature of about 140°; being an iron vessel in a room heated from outside, but steam-pipes are now substituted.
·noun A shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove. II. Gloom ·noun In gunpowder manufacture, the drying...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·- imp. of Stave. II. Stove ·- of <<Stave>>. III. Stove ·vt To heat or dry, as in a stove; as, to ...
Broken in; thus, when violent damage is done to the upper part of a ship's hull, she is said to be s...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·- A stove for heating a current of air which is directed against its surface by means of pipes, and...
·- A kind of open stove introduced by Benjamin Franklin, the peculiar feature of which was that a cu...