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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..

Adjutant :: Adjutant (n.) A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details of regimental and garrison duty..

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..

Broomstaff :: Broomstaff (n.) A broomstick.

Staff :: Staff (n.) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder..

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

Backstaff :: Backstaff (n.) An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the heavenly bodies, but now superseded by the quadrant and sextant; -- so called because the observer turned his back to the body observed..

Pikestaff :: Pikestaff (n.) The staff, or shaft, of a pike..

Staved :: Stave (n.) The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.

Pestle :: Pestle (n.) A constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its shape.

#NAME? :: -staffs (pl. ) of Flagstaf.

Bacillar :: Bacillar (a.) Shaped like a rod or staff.

Quenouille Training :: Quenouille training () A method of training trees or shrubs in the shape of a cone or distaff by tying down the branches and pruning.

Staffmen :: Staffish (a.) Stiff; harsh.

Rock Staff :: Rock staff (v. i.) An oscillating bar in a machine, as the lever of the bellows of a forge..

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

Staff :: Staff (n.) The round of a ladder.

Decrescendo :: Decrescendo (a. & adv.) With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to performers, either written upon the staff (abbreviated Dec., or Decresc.), or indicated by the sign..

Raise :: Raise (v. t.) To cause to rise up, or assume an erect position or posture; to set up; to make upright; as, to raise a mast or flagstaff..

Cowlstaff :: Cowlstaff (n.) A staff or pole on which a vessel is supported between two persons.

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