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steem
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steem, v. & n.
See Esteem. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
steem, v. & n.
See 1st and 2nd Stem. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
steem, v. i.
To gleam. [1913 Webster]
"His head bald, that shone as any glass, . . .
[And] stemed as a furnace of a leed [caldron]." [1913 Webster]
[And] stemed as a furnace of a leed [caldron]." [1913 Webster]
steem, n.
A gleam of light; flame. [1913 Webster]
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