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Bar :: Bar (n.) A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures..

Staffish :: Staffier (n.) An attendant bearing a staff.

Rodsman :: Rodsman (n.) One who carries and holds a leveling staff, or rod, in a surveying party..

Thyrsus :: Thyrsus (n.) A staff entwined with ivy, and surmounted by a pine cone, or by a bunch of vine or ivy leaves with grapes or berries. It is an attribute of Bacchus, and of the satyrs and others engaging in Bacchic rites..

Caduceus :: Caduceus (n.) The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald's staff of olive wood, but was afterwards fabled to have two serpents coiled about it, and two wings at the top..

Baton :: Baton (n.) A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances..

Staff :: Staff (n.) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch..

C :: C () The C clef, a modification of the letter C, placed on any line of the staff, shows that line to be middle C..

Bill :: Bill (n.) A weapon of infantry, in the 14th and 15th centuries. A common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at the back and another at the top, and attached to the end of a long staff..

Augural :: Augural (a.) Of or pertaining to augurs or to augury; betokening; ominous; significant; as, an augural staff; augural books..

Mace :: Mace (n.) A heavy staff or club of metal; a spiked club; -- used as weapon in war before the general use of firearms, especially in the Middle Ages, for breaking metal armor..

Meteyard :: Meteyard (n.) A yard, staff, or rod, used as a measure..

Target :: Target (n.) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff..

Wringstaff :: Wringstaff (n.) A strong piece of plank used in applying wringbolts.

Staff :: Staff (n.) A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave..

Whipstaff :: Whipstaff (n.) A bar attached to the tiller, for convenience in steering..

Alpenstock :: Alpenstock (n.) A long staff, pointed with iron, used in climbing the Alps..

Clef :: Clef (n.) A character used in musical notation to determine the position and pitch of the scale as represented on the staff.

Staff :: Staff (n.) A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or pike..

Flag :: Flag (n.) A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask information; -- commonly attached to a staff to be waved by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors; as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag..

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