Stive v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stived p. pr. & vb. n. Stiving.] To stuff; to crowd; to fill full; hence, to make hot and close; to render stifling.
His chamber was commonly stived with friends or suitors of one kind or other. --Sir H. Wotton.
Stive, n. The floating dust in flour mills caused by the operation or grinding.
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Stive, v. i. To be stifled or suffocated.