(stō) v.t.
1. To place or arrange compactly; pack.
2. To fill by packing.
3. To have room for; hold: said of a room, receptacle, etc.
4. Slang To stop; cease.
5. Obs. To furnish lodging for.
—to stow away
1. To put in a place of safekeeping, hiding, etc.
2. To be a stowaway. [OE stōwian <stōw a place]

(stō) v.t. Scot. & Brit. Dial.
To lop or cut off; crop.

(stō) noun Scot. & Brit. Dial.
A stump or shoot of a tree; also, a slice; cut.

(stō), John,
1525?–1605, English historian and antiquary.