[f. STOVE v.1 + -ER1.] One who stoves.

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c. 1600.  in Rep. MSS. Ld. Middleton (1911), 169. [Rules to be observed by miners in the coalpits.] This is our master’s comandment that all you stovers of the feild shalle make your just account unto your undermen everye nowne and every nyght what you have gett and sould.

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1832.  Thackrah, Effects Arts, etc., on Health (ed. 2), 119. The STOVERS OF WOOLLEN ARTICLES are also exposed to the evolution of sulphurous vapour.

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1835.  Ure, Philos. Manuf., 400. The stovers, in bleach-works and print-works, hang their cloth in temperatures much above 100° Fahr.

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1861.  Internat. Exhib. 1862, Alph. Lists Trades, 39. Stovers.

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1902.  Brit. Med. Jrnl., 15 Feb., 380/1. Hatting Operatives…. Proofers including ‘stovers’ … and ‘steamers.’

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