Stove , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stoved (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Stoving.]
1. To keep warm, in
a house or room, by artificial heat; as, to stove orange trees.
Bacon.
2. To heat or dry, as in a stove; as, to stove feathers.
Stove , n. [D. stoof a foot stove, originally, a heated room, a room for a bath; akin to G.
stube room, OHG. stuba a heated room, AS. stofe, Icel. stofa a
room, bathing room, Sw. stufva, stuga, a room, Dan.
stue; of unknown origin. Cf. Estufa,
Stew, Stufa.]
1. 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.
When most of the waiters were commanded away to their supper, the parlor or stove being nearly emptied, in came a company of
musketeers.
Earl of Strafford. How tedious is it to them that live in stoves and caves half a
year together, as in Iceland, Muscovy, or under the
pole!
Burton. 2. 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.
Cooking stove, a stove with an
oven, opening for pots, kettles, and the like, -- used for cooking. -- Dry stove. See under Dry. -- Foot stove. See under Foot. -- Franklin
stove. See in the Vocabulary. -- Stove plant (Bot.), a plant which requires artificial heat to make it grow in cold
or cold temperate climates. -- Stove plate, thin iron castings for the parts of
stoves.
Stove (?), imp.
of Stave.
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