What does "steem" mean?
Steem: See Esteem. [Obs.] Spenser.
Additional senses
- 2.See 1st and 2nd Stem. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 3.To gleam. [Obs.] His head bald, that shone as any glass, . . . [And] stemed as a furnace of a leed [caldron]. Chaucer.
- 4.A gleam of light; flame. [Obs.]
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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