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Pronunciation : Sty
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [AS. stigu, fr. stigan to rise; originally, probably, a place into which animals climbed or went up. *164. See Sty, v. i., and cf. Steward.]
Definition : 1. A pen or inclosure for swine.

2. A place of bestial debauchery. To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty. Milton.

pl. Sties (. [Written also stigh.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Sty
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To shut up in, or as in, a sty. Shak.

t. [imp. & p. p. Stied; p. pr. & vb. n. Stying.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Sty
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. stien, sti, AS. stigan to rise; akin to D. stijgen, OS. & OHG. stigan, G. steigen, Icel. stiga, Sw. stiga, Dan. stige, Goth. steigan, L. vestigium footstep, Gr. stigh to mount. Cf. Distich, Stair steps, Stirrup, Sty a boil, a pen for swine, Vesti
Definition : Defn: 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.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Sty
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [For older styan, styanye, understood as sty on eye, AS. stigend (sc. e?ge eye), properly, rising, or swelling (eye), p.p. of stigan to rise. See Sty, v. i.] (Med.)
Definition : Defn: An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid. [Written also stye.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913