Steven \Ste"ven\, n. [AS. stefn, stemn, voice; akin to D. stem, G. stimme, Goth. stibna.]

1. Voice; speech; language. [Obs. or Scot.]

Ye have as merry a steven As any angel hath that is in heaven. --Chaucer.

2. An outcry; a loud call; a clamor. [Obs.]

--Spenser.

To set steven, to make an appointment. [Obs.]

They setten steven for to meet To playen at the dice. --Chaucer.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)