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 279 Staver. A busybody. " A regular staver." One who is always in a fuss. Steeve. To knock down. "I steeved down three to waunce ; '' ^' And a catched up a shoul for to steeve ma outright." Steeved. Stowed, forced down, broken in. Stem. A period of work, or of time, a job. A day's work. A double stem is to work six hours extra. Stemming. Turn by turn, taking your turn. Spelt stemmyn in Borlase's Vocabulary of Celtic Cornish words. "To work out his stemmyn," i.e., to do his share of the work. Stempel. A slant beam used in a mine for supporting certain places. Pryce. Stents or Stents. Eubble left by tin streamers in their workings. Such places are called stent bottoms. In Celtic Cornish stener, a tinner, stean, tin. 'Stent. The limit or boundary of a bargain or pitch or sett in mining, It is the word extent shortened. " That is the 'stent of it. Stew. Fuss, ill-temper, row. "What a stew you're in!" Stewer. A raised dust. Warmth or closeness of the air of a room. "What a stewer you're making!" "Kicking up a dust." In Celtic Cornish stemjs, warm. Steyne. A large brown salting pan or pot. Sien, a milk-pail, in Celtic Cornish.