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| Steve | v. t. [ See Stevedore. ] To pack or stow, as cargo in a ship's hold. See Steeve. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Stevedore | n. [ Sp. estivador a packer, a stower, fr. estivar to pack, to stow, L. stipare to press, compress, probably akin to E. stiff. See Stiff, Stive to stuff. ] One whose occupation is to load and unload vessels in port; one who stows a cargo in a hold. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Steven | n. [ AS. stefn, stemn, voice; akin to D. stem, G. stimme, Goth. stibna. ] Ye have as merry a steven
They setten steven for to meet |
| stevedore | (n) a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port, Syn. lumper, dock worker, longshoreman, loader, dock-walloper, docker, dockworker, dockhand |
| stevens | (n) United States psychologist and psychophysicist who proposed Stevens' power law to replace Fechner's law (1906-1973), Syn. Smitty Stevens, Stanley Smith Stevens, S. Smith Stevens |
| stevens | (n) United States poet (1879-1955), Syn. Wallace Stevens |
| stevens | (n) United States filmmaker (1905-1975), Syn. George Stevens |
| stevens' law | (n) (psychophysics) the concept that the magnitude of a subjective sensation increases proportional to a power of the stimulus intensity, Syn. Stevens' power law, power law |
| stevenson | (n) Scottish author (1850-1894), Syn. Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson |
| stevenson | (n) United States politician and diplomat (1900-1968), Syn. Adlai Ewing Stevenson, Adlai Stevenson |