\Stive\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stived}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Stiving}.] [Probably fr. F. estiver to compress, stow, L.
stipare: cf. It. stivare, Sp. estivar. Cf. {Stevedore},
{Stiff}.]
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\, v. i.
To be stifled or suffocated.

\Stive\, n.
The floating dust in flour mills caused by the operation or
grinding. --De Colange.