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stoving, vbl. n.|ˈstəʊvɪŋ|
[f. stove v.1 + -ing1.]
a. The action of stove v.1 in various senses.
1456Sir G. Hay Gov. Princes Wks. (S.T.S.) II. 143 Efter the stoving and bathing, men suld sytt on faire bynkis on thai herberis. 1664–5Pepys Diary 13 Feb., We had good discourse touching stoveing and making of cables. 1676(title) Practical and Short Discourse of Stoving and Bathing. 1845G. Dodd Brit. Manuf. Ser. v. 73 Conversion of gyle into vinegar... This process of acetification is technically called ‘stoving’. Ibid. 165 Hat-making... After another ‘stoving’ by which the spirit is evaporated [etc.]. 1862C. O'Neill Dict. Calico Printing 7/2 Ageing; known also as Stoving or Hanging. The operation of exposing printed or mordanted goods to the action of the air. Formerly the ageing or hanging rooms were kept hot by flues or steam pipes, whence called stoves, a name which they still retain in some places, though heat may not be used. 1882Crookes Dyeing & Tissue-Printing 4 Wool is bleached by the action of the fumes of burning sulphur... This process is generally known as ‘stoving’.
b. attrib.
1456Sir G. Hay Gov. Princes Wks. (S.T.S.) II. 143 Efter the sesone of ilke bathing and stoving time. 1686R. Blome Gentl. Recr. ii. 279/1 Take them [Cocks] out of the Stoving-Baskets, and..put them into the Pens. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 338/2 The gases having done their work here, are carried off by the flues into the stoving-room, where they are made to do duty a second time in drying the salt. 1952Industrial Finishing V. 201/2 How efficiency of drying..can be increased with existing stoving equipment. 1962D. W. Hislop in H. W. Chatfield Sci. Surface Coatings xviii. 531 All paint stoving ovens can be a hazard as the solvent vapour/air mixture is a potential fire risk. 1972Materials & Technol. V. viii. 215 The use of these oils in water-thinnable stoving paints has been more successful. Ibid. xi. 363 Anti-corrosive stoving primers for cars. 1982W. M. Morgans Outl. Paint Technol. (ed. 2) I. xiii. 221 The combination of urea resin with non-drying alkyd is used very widely for stoving finishes of almost all types. |