A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess.
imp. & obs. or poet. p. p. of Shake. (a) A set of staves and headings sufficient in number for one hogshead, cask, barrel, or the like, trimmed, and bound together in compact form. (b) A set of boards for a sugar box. (c) The parts of a piece of house furniture, as a bedstead, packed together. To pack, as staves, in a shook.