stive

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The floating dust in a flour mill caused by the operation of grinding.
2. verb To stew; to be stifled or suffocated.
3. noun Obsolete form of stew.
4. verb Sometimes with up: to compress (something); to cram.

Similar words

stour milldust slickens bolting clears smeddum husk slip dustball sawdust

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