Staving

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A casing or lining of staves, especially one encircling a water wheel.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of stave form-of, gerund, participle, present

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rungstaffadvocatealpenstockantistrophearm

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water wheel

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