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To stuff; to crowd; to fill full; hence, to make hot and close; to render stifling.

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  1. v. t. To stuff; to crowd; to fill full; hence, to make hot and close; to render stifling.
  2. v. i. To be stifled or suffocated.
  3. n. The floating dust in flour mills caused by the operation or grinding.
  4. To stuff; to crowd; to fill full; hence, to make hot and close; to render stifling. Sandys. His chamber was commonly stived with friends or suitors of one kind or other. Sir H. Wotton. To be stifled or suffocated. The floating dust in flour mills caused by the operation or grinding. De Colange.
  5. To stuff; to crowd; to fill full; hence, to make hot and close;to render stifling. Sandys.His chamber was commonly stived with friends or suitors of one kindor other. Sir H. Wotton.
  6. v. t. To stuff; to crowd; to fill full; hence, to make hot and close; to render stifling. v. i. To be stifled or suffocated. n. The floating dust in flour mills caused by the operation or grinding.