Emily Dickinson Lexicon

STOVE, n. [Sax. stofa; Sw. stufva; D. stoof; It. stufa; Sp. estufa, a warm close room, a bath, a room where pitch and tar are heated; estofar, to stew meat, and to quilt; Fr. etuve; G. badstube, a bagnio or hot house; stube, a room; stuben-ofen, a stove; Dan. stover, to stew; stue, a room; stue-ovn, a stove. This primarily is merely a room, a place. See Stow.]

1. A hot house; a house or room artificially warmed. – Bacon. Woodward.
2. A small box with an iron pan, used for holding coals to warm the feet. It is a bad practice for young persons to accustom themselves to sit with a warm stove under the feet.
3. An iron box, cylinder or fire-place, in which fire is made to warm an apartment. Stoves for this purpose are of various forms.
4. An iron box with various apartments in it for cooking; a culinary utensil of various forms.