sty : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sty	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for sty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sty n an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid [syn: sty, stye, hordeolum, eye infection] a pen for swine Synonym(s): sty, pigsty, pigpen
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sty \Sty\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stying}.] To shut up in, or as in, a sty. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sty \Sty\, v. i. [OE. stien, sti[?]en, AS. st[c6]gan to rise; akin to D. stijgen, OS. & OHG. st[c6]gan, G. steigen, Icel. st[c6]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.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sty \Sty\, n. [For older styan, styanye, understood as sty on eye, AS. st[c6]gend (sc. e[a0]ge eye), properly, rising, or swelling (eye), p. p. of st[c6]gan to rise. See {Sty}, v. i.] (Med.) An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid. [Written also {stye}.]