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English Dictionary: Stover by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stover
n
  1. the dried stalks and leaves of a field crop (especially corn) used as animal fodder after the grain has been harvested
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stover \Sto"ver\, n. [OE. estoveir, estovoir, necessity,
      provisions, properly an inf., [bd]to be necessary.[b8] 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.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Stover, MO (city, FIPS 71044)
      Location: 38.44217 N, 92.98974 W
      Population (1990): 964 (465 housing units)
      Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 65078
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