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Sty \Sty\ (st[imac]), n.; pl. {Sties} (st[imac]z). [Written also
{stigh}.] [AS. stigu, fr. st[imac]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.
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2. A place of bestial debauchery.
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To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty. --Milton.
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Sty \Sty\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stied} (st[imac]d); p. pr. & vb.
n. {Stying} (st[imac]"[i^]ng).]
To shut up in, or as in, a sty. --Shak.
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Sty \Sty\, v. i. [OE. stien, sti[yogh]en, AS. st[imac]gan to
rise; akin to D. stijgen, OS. & OHG. st[imac]gan, G. steigen,
Icel. st[imac]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.]
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With bolder wing shall dare aloft to sty,
To the last praises of this Faery Queene. --Spenser.
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Sty \Sty\, n. [For older styan, styanye, understood as sty on
eye, AS. st[imac]gend (sc. e['a]ge eye), properly, rising, or
swelling (eye), p. p. of st[imac]gan to rise. See {Sty}, v.
i.] (Med.)
An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid.
[Written also {stye}.]
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