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steem

steem is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.See Esteem. [Obs.] Spenser.
  2. 2.See 1st and 2nd Stem. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  3. 3.To gleam. [Obs.] His head bald, that shone as any glass, . . . [And] stemed as a furnace of a leed [caldron]. Chaucer.
  4. 4.A gleam of light; flame. [Obs.]

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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