·- imp. of Stave.
II. Stove ·- of Stave.
III. Stove ·vt To heat or dry, as in a stove; as, to stove feathers.
IV. Stove ·vt To keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat; as, to stove orange trees.
V. Stove ·noun An apparatus, consisting essentially of a receptacle for fuel, made of iron, brick, stone, or tiles, and variously constructed, in which fire is made or kept for warming a room or a house, or for culinary or other purposes.
VI. Stove ·noun A house or room artificially warmed or heated; a forcing house, or hothouse; a drying room;
— formerly, designating an artificially warmed dwelling or room, a parlor, or a bathroom, but now restricted, in this sense, to heated houses or rooms used for horticultural purposes or in the processes of the arts.