English-Thai Dictionary
stiver
N เหรียญ นิกเกิล ของ เนเธอร์แลนด์ สมัยก่อน จำนวน ที่ น้อยที่สุด
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
STIVE
v.t.[See Stuff and Stew. ] 1. To stuff up close. [Not in use. ]
2. To make hot, sultry and close. [Not in use. ]
STIVER
n.A Dutch coin of about the value of a half-penny sterling, or the cent of the United States. It is also a money of account in Holland and Flanders.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
STIVE
Stive, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stived; p. pr. & vb. n. Stiving.] Etym: [Probably fr. F. estiver to compress, stow, L. stipare: cf. It. stivare, Sp. estivar. Cf. Stevedore, Stiff. ]
Defn: 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.
STIVE
STIVE Stive, v. i.
Defn: To be stifled or suffocated.
STIVE
STIVE Stive, n.
Defn: The floating dust in flour mills caused by the operation or grinding. De Colange.
STIVER
Sti "ver, n. Etym: [D. stuiver; akin to G. stüber, Dan. styver, Sw. styfver.]
Defn: A Dutch coin, and money of account, of the value of two cents, or about one penny sterling; hence, figuratively, anything of little worth.
STIVES
Stives, n. pl. Etym: [OE. See Stew. ]
Defn: Stews; a brothel. [Obs. ] Chaucer.
New American Oxford Dictionary
stiver
sti ver |ˈstīvər ˈstaɪvər | ▶noun a small coin formerly used in the Netherlands, equal to one twentieth of a guilder. • archaic any coin of low value. • [ with negative ] archaic a very small or insignificant amount: they didn't care a stiver. ORIGIN from Dutch stuiver, denoting a small coin; probably related to the noun stub .
Oxford Dictionary
stiver
stiver |ˈstʌɪvə | ▶noun a small coin formerly used in the Netherlands, equal to one twentieth of a guilder. • archaic any coin of low value. • [ with negative ] archaic a very small or insignificant amount: they didn't care a stiver. ORIGIN from Dutch stuiver, denoting a small coin; probably related to the noun stub .
The Wordsmith Dictionary