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Sty
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 4
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A pen or inclosure for swine.
2. A place of bestial debauchery. To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty. Milton.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 4
Part of speech: noun (n.)
An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid. [Written also stye.]
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 4
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To shut up in, or as in, a sty. Shak.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 4
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To soar; to ascend; to mount. See Stirrup. [Obs.] With bolder wing shall dare aloft to sty, To the last praises of this Faery Queene. Spenser.