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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Stove, Stoove, v. [e.m.E. stoue (1590); Stove n.1] tr. a. reflex. To partake of a hot-air bath. b. To cook (meat, etc.) by stewing in a very little liquid. —a. 1456 Hay II 143/11.
And quhen the man suld stove him he suld first entre the first chaumer that is calde and syne to the tothir that is warme and syne to the hate and wete and syne to the warme and dry —b. 1631 Buccleuch Household Bk. 22 Nov.
For suwrocks to stoue a hen with 1631 Buccleuch Household Bk. 22 Nov.
For barly and grene herbis to stove with it [sc. a hen] 1665–7 Lauder Jrnl. 116.
They fand him busy stooving a pot of herbes to his supper
