Antedating of "stove up" 1879

[Sam Clements]

Well, a quick check of Newspaperarchive turns up this Western? quote:

20 Jan. 1979, _Atchison(KS) Globe_ 2/2

<<The friends of Dave Turner will miss him because he was stove up lately on
Second street hill.>>

Now all you need is a "camp stove" predating 1879. :)

Sam Clements

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Clements" <SClements at NEO.RR.COM>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 10:42 PM
Subject: Re: "all stove up"


> The OED lists it first from 1901.
>
> 1901 A. C. HEGAN Mrs Wiggs of Cabbage Patch ix. 127 If I was n't so stove
> up, an' nobody was n't lookin', I'd jes' skitter 'round this here yard
like
> a colt!
>
> I'd seriously doubt the connection with a stove.
>
> Sam Clements
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nell Burr" <Nfburr at AOL.COM>
> To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 10:07 PM
> Subject: "all stove up"
>
>
> > My partner and I have been trying to track down the etymology of the
> > expression "all stove up" which her father used to describe someone
who's
> very hurt,
> > as in "he's all stove up."  Her father was born on the stake plains of
> east
> > Texas and his father took part in some of the last great cross-country
> cattle
> > drives as a cowboy for one of the large ranches, possibly the King
Ranch.
> Our
> > best guess is that the expression was born when a cowboy was so injured
he
> > couldn't do any kind of work and had to just rest by the camp stove
until
> he was
> > hopefully better.  It's logical, I suppose, but is it right?
> >
> > Also, if anyone can suggest a good book on the derivation of other
western
> > phrases, it would be much appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Nell
> >
>