English Dictionary: sties | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sty \Sty\, n.; pl. {Sties}. [Written also {stigh}.] [AS. stigu, fr. st[c6]gan to rise; originally, probably, a place into which animals climbed or went up. [fb]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. |