Definition of Stives

1. n. pl. Stews; a brothel.

Definition of Stives

1. stive [v] - See also: stive

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stives

stitchings
stitchless
stitchlike
stitcht
stitchwork
stitchwort
stitchworts
stithied
stithies
stithy
stithying
stive
stived
stiver
stivers
stives (current term)
stivier
stiviest
stiving
stivy
stns
stoa
stoae
stoai
stoak
stoaked
stoaking
stoaks
stoas
stoat

Literary usage of Stives

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Men of Hawaii: Being a Biographical Reference Library, Complete and by John William Siddall (1917)
"... mber Territorial House stives, 1917. Served In ird, 1893-1899, winning »m private to captain Member Commercial ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"... but that defendant would at once proceed to take up and inspect and pay for enough of the stives made to amount to I the sum plaintiff then needed, viz. ..."

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