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stover

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stover  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stover 
  n  :  the  dried  stalks  and  leaves  of  a  field  crop  (especially 
  corn)  used  as  animal  fodder  after  the  grain  has  been 
  harvested 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Stover,  MO  (city,  FIPS  71044) 
  Location:  38.44217  N,  92.98974  W 
  Population  (1990):  964  (465  housing  units) 
  Area:  2.3  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  65078




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