Stove
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): of Stave
(2): ( n.) 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.
(3): imp. of Stave.
(4): ( n.) 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.
(5): ( v. t.) To keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat; as, to stove orange trees.
(6): ( v. t.) To heat or dry, as in a stove; as, to stove feathers.
King James Dictionary [2]
Stove, n. G., a bagnio or hot house a room a stove. This primarily is merely a room, a place. See Stow.
1. A hot house a house or room artificially warmed. 2. A small box with an iron pan, used for holding coals to warm the feet. It is a bad practice for young persons to accustom themselves to sit with a warm stove under the feet. 3. An iron box, with various apartments in it for cooking a culinary utensil of various forms.
Stove, To keep warm in a house or room by artificial heat as, to stove orange trees and myrtles.
Stove, pret. of stave.
