Definition of Stovir
Sto"ver (?), n. [OE. estoveir,
estovoir, necessity, provisions, properly an inf., "to be
necessary." Cf. Estovers.] Fodder for cattle, especially
straw or coarse hay.
Where live nibbling sheep,
And flat meads thatched with stover them to keep.
Shak.
Thresh barley as yet but as need shall require,
Fresh threshed for stover thy cattle desire.
Tusser.
Sto"ver (?), n. [OE. estoveir,
estovoir, necessity, provisions, properly an inf., "to be
necessary." Cf. Estovers.] Fodder for cattle, especially
straw or coarse hay.
Where live nibbling sheep,
And flat meads thatched with stover them to keep.
Shak.
Thresh barley as yet but as need shall require,
Fresh threshed for stover thy cattle desire.
Tusser.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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