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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Stov(i)es, n. pl. [Stove v. b.] A dish cooked by stewing (see Stoving vbl. n.). In the later dial. esp. of potatoes. —1671 Sc. Hist. Rev. LXI 154.
For egges caperes lame stovies & sweit breids 4 s. 6 d. 1680 Irvine Mun. II 285.
For stoves broth and kaill [12 s.]