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- English Word Staff Definition The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
- English Word Staff Definition An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution. See Etat Major.
- English Word Staff Definition Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect the plans of a superintendant or manager; as, the staff of a newspaper.
- English Word Staffier Definition An attendant bearing a staff.
- English Word Staffish Definition Stiff; harsh.
- English Word Staffman Definition A workman employed in silk throwing.
- English Word Staffmen Definition of Staffman
- English Word Staffs Definition of Staff
- English Word Staffs Definition of Staff
- English Word Stag Definition The adult male of the red deer (Cervus elaphus), a large European species closely related to the American elk, or wapiti.
- English Word Stag Definition The male of certain other species of large deer.
- English Word Stag Definition A colt, or filly; also, a romping girl.
- English Word Stag Definition A castrated bull; -- called also bull stag, and bull seg. See the Note under Ox.
- English Word Stag Definition An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.
- English Word Stag Definition One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock.
- English Word Stag Definition The European wren.
- English Word Stag Definition To act as a "stag", or irregular dealer in stocks.
- English Word Stag Definition To watch; to dog, or keep track of.
- English Word Stag-evil Definition A kind of palsy affecting the jaw of a horse.
- English Word Stag-horn coral Definition Alt. of Stag-horn fern
- English Word Stag-horn fern Definition See under Stag.
- English Word Stag-horned Definition Having the mandibles large and palmate, or branched somewhat like the antlers of a stag; -- said of certain beetles.
- English Word Stage Definition A floor or story of a house.
- English Word Stage Definition An elevated platform on which an orator may speak, a play be performed, an exhibition be presented, or the like.
- English Word Stage Definition A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, or the like; a scaffold; a staging.
- English Word Stage Definition A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
- English Word Stage Definition The floor for scenic performances; hence, the theater; the playhouse; hence, also, the profession of representing dramatic compositions; the drama, as acted or exhibited.
- English Word Stage Definition A place where anything is publicly exhibited; the scene of any noted action or carrer; the spot where any remarkable affair occurs.
- English Word Stage Definition The platform of a microscope, upon which an object is placed to be viewed. See Illust. of Microscope.
- English Word Stage Definition A place of rest on a regularly traveled road; a stage house; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.