Sto"ver (?), n. [OE. estoveir, estovoir, necessity, provisions,
properly an inf., "to be necessary." Cf. Estovers.] Fodder for cattle,
especially straw or coarse hay.
Where live nibbling sheep, And flat meads thatched with stover them
to keep.
Shak.
Thresh barley as yet but as need shall require, Fresh threshed for
stover thy cattle desire.
Tusser.
Stow (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Stowing.]
[OE. stowen, fr. stowe a place, AS. stow; cf. Icel. eldsta fireplace,
hearth, OFries. st, and E. stand. √163.] 1. To place or arrange
in a compact mass; to put in its proper place, or in a suitable place;
to pack; as, to stowbags, bales, or casks in a ship's hold; to stow hay
in a mow; to stow sheaves.
Some stow their oars, or stop the leaky sides.
Dryden.