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Definition of Sty

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Sty Sty, n.; pl. Sties. [Written also stigh.] [AS. stigu, fr. st[=i]gan to rise; originally, probably, a place into which animals climbed or went up. [root]164. See Sty, v. i., and cf. Steward.] 1. A pen or inclosure for swine. 2. A place of bestial debauchery. To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty. --Milton.
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Sty Sty, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stied; p. pr. & vb. n. Stying.] To shut up in, or as in, a sty. --Shak.
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Sty Sty, v. i. [OE. stien, sti?en, AS. st[=i]gan to rise; akin to D. stijgen, OS. & OHG. st[=i]gan, G. steigen, Icel. st[=i]ga, Sw. stiga, Dan. stige, Goth. steigan, L. vestigium footstep, Gr. ? to walk, to go, Skr. stigh to mount. Cf. Distich, Stair steps, Stirrup, Sty a boil, a pen for swine, Vestige.] 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.

Meaning of Sty from wikipedia

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- Pavel Štys (8 December 1933 – 24 August 2018) was a Czech entomologist who specialized mainly on the Heteroptera and a professor of zoology at the Charles...