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To stuff; to crowd; to fill full; hence, to make hot and close; to render stifling. Sandys. His chamber was commonly stived with friends or suitors of one kind or other. Sir H. Wotton.

A close-fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit or woven. Blue stocking. See Bluestocking. -- Stocking frame, a machine for knitting stockings or other hosiery goods.

the stokehole of a ship; also, a room containing a ship's boilers; as, forced draft with closed stokehold; -- called also, in American ships, fireroom.

Close; sultry. [Prov. Eng.]

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound. Shak.

That which closes or fills up an opening or gap; hence, a temporary expedient. Moral prejudices are the stop-gaps of virtue. Hare.

One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel.

That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper; as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple.

To arrange anything compactly in; to fill, by packing closely; as, to stow a box, car, or the hold of a ship.

To squeeze; to press closely. Evander with a close embrace Strained his departing friend. Dryden.

Tight; close; closely fitting. Shak.

restraining maniacs or those who are violently delirious. It has long sleeves, which are closed at the ends, confining the hands, and may be tied behind the back.

Closely; intimately. [Obs.]

Close; narrow; strict. [Obs.] See Strait.

Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature. Dryden.

In a strict manner; closely; precisely.

riking plate. (a) The plate against which the latch of a door lock strikes as the door is closed. (b) A part of the centering of an arch, which is driven back to loosen the centering in striking it.

A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged; a succession; a concatenation; a chain; as, a string of shells or beads; a string of dried apples; a string of houses; a string of…

To strike. [Obs.] Ye mote with the plat sword again Stroken him in the wound, and it will close. Chaucer.

Closely examined; read with diligence and attention; made the subject of study; well considered; as, a studied lesson.