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Stives vs Shives - What's the difference?

stives | shives |

As nouns the difference between stives and shives

is that stives is stews; a brothel while shives is plural of shive.

stives

English

Noun

(en-plural noun)
  • (obsolete) stews; a brothel
    • (Chaucer)
    (Webster 1913)

    shives

    English

    Noun

    (head)