I. ˈstōv noun
Etymology: Middle English (Scots), heated room, steam bath, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German, from Vulgar Latin * extufa, ultimately from Latin ex- + Greek typhein to smoke — more at deaf
Date: circa 1618
1.
a. : a portable or fixed apparatus that burns fuel or uses electricity to provide heat (as for cooking or heating)
b. : a device that generates heat for special purposes (as for heating tools or heating air for a hot blast)
c. : kiln
2. chiefly British : a hothouse especially for the cultivation of tropical exotics ; broadly : greenhouse
II.
past and past participle of stave