The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stiving
Stive \Stive\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stived; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stiving.] [Probably fr. F. estiver to compress, stow, L.
stipare: cf. It. stivare, Sp. estivar. Cf. Stevedore,
Stiff.]
To stuff; to crowd; to fill full; hence, to make hot and
close; to render stifling.
--Sandys.
His chamber was commonly stived with friends or suitors
of one kind or other.
--Sir H.
Wotton.
Wiktionary
stiving
vb. (present participle of stive English)