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

Stick :: Stick (v. t.) Any long and comparatively slender piece of wood, whether in natural form or shaped with tools; a rod; a wand; a staff; as, the stick of a rocket; a walking stick..

Quarterstaff :: Quarterstaff (n.) A long and stout staff formerly used as a weapon of defense and offense; -- so called because in holding it one hand was placed in the middle, and the other between the middle and the end..

Tipstaff :: Tipstaff (n.) A staff tipped with metal.

Plant :: Plant (n.) A bush, or young tree; a sapling; hence, a stick or staff..

Lituus :: Lituus (n.) A curved staff used by the augurs in quartering the heavens.

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

Professoriate :: Professoriate (n.) The body of professors, or the professorial staff, in a university or college..

Malkin :: Malkin (n.) A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out a cannon.

Diminuendo :: Diminuendo (adv.) In a gradually diminishing manner; with abatement of tone; decrescendo; -- expressed on the staff by Dim., or Dimin., or the sign..

Attache :: Attache (v. t.) One attached to another person or thing, as a part of a suite or staff. Specifically: One attached to an embassy..

Crosier :: Crosier (n.) The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God..

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..

Blond Metal :: Blond metal () A variety of clay ironstone, in Staffordshire, England, used for making tools..

Flagstaff :: Flagstaff (n.) A staff on which a flag is hoisted.

Staff :: Staff (n.) A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's staff..

Officer :: Officer (n.) One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer..

Stag :: Staffman (n.) A workman employed in silk throwing.

Verge :: Verge (n.) A rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge, carried before a dean..

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

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