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Devastavit
Devastavit Dev`as*ta"vit, n. [L., he has wasted.] (Law)
Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by
an executor or an administrator. --Bouvier.
StavingStave Stave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stavedor Stove; p. pr. &
vb. n. Staving.] [From Stave, n., or Staff, n.]
1. To break in a stave or the staves of; to break a hole in;
to burst; -- often with in; as, to stave a cask; to stave
in a boat.
2. To push, as with a staff; -- with off.
The condition of a servant staves him off to a
distance. --South.
3. To delay by force or craft; to drive away; -- usually with
off; as, to stave off the execution of a project.
And answered with such craft as women use, Guilty or
guilties, to stave off a chance That breaks upon
them perilously. --Tennyson.
4. To suffer, or cause, to be lost by breaking the cask.
All the wine in the city has been staved. --Sandys.
5. To furnish with staves or rundles. --Knolles.
6. To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking
iron; as, to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which
lead has been run.
To stave and tail, in bear baiting, (to stave) to interpose
with the staff, doubtless to stop the bear; (to tail) to
hold back the dog by the tail. --Nares. Staving
Staving Stav"ing, n.
A cassing or lining of staves; especially, one encircling a
water wheel.
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