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Stover

Stover Meaning & Definition
Stover Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Stover?

[n] the dried stalks and leaves of a field crop (especially corn) used as animal fodder after the grain has been harvested

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See Also | fodder

Stover In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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