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Meaning of stive | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/staɪv/

Definitions

The floating dust in a flour mill caused by the operation of grinding.

Examples

“1867, The British Farmer's Magazine, Volum LII, New Series, page 231, The removal of the heated air, steam, stive, and flour from the millstones, is a proposition which does not appear to be more than sufficiently well understood.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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