Category:Steven

Ste"ven, n. Etym: [as. stefn, stemn, voice; akin to d. stem, g. Stimme, goth. stibna.]

1. Voice; speech; language. [obs. or scot.] Ye have as merry a steven as any angel hath that is in heaven. Chaucer.

2. An outcry; a loud call; a clamor. [obs.] Spenser. To set steven, To make an appointment. [obs.] They setten steven for to meet to playen at the dice. Chaucer.