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staves

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staves  (stvz)
n.
A plural of staff1.
staves [steɪvz]
n
a plural of staff1, stave
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Our mothers could neither of them exactly ascertain who were our Father, though it is generally beleived that Philander, is the son of one Philip Jones a Bricklayer and that my Father was one Gregory Staves a Staymaker of Edinburgh.
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