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Staddle :: Staddle (v. i.) Anything which serves for support; a staff; a prop; a crutch; a cane.

Ploughfoot :: Ploughfoot (n.) An adjustable staff formerly attached to the plow beam to determine the depth of the furrow.

Rung :: Rung (n.) One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.

Cross-staff :: Cross-staff (n.) An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of celestial bodies.

Staff :: Staff (n.) The five lines and the spaces on which music is written; -- formerly called stave.

Yard :: Yard (v. i.) A rod; a stick; a 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..

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..

Staff :: Staff (n.) A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a person walking; hence, a support; that which props or upholds..

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

Bourdon :: Bourdon (n.) A pilgrim's staff.

Cudgel :: Cudgel (n.) A staff used in cudgel play, shorter than the quarterstaff, and wielded with one hand; hence, any heavy stick used as a weapon..

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

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

Conductor :: Conductor (n.) A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director..

Elevate :: Elevate (v. t.) To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc..

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

Cross-staff :: Cross-staff (n.) A surveyor's instrument for measuring offsets.

Perch :: Perch (n.) A pole; a long staff; a rod; esp., a pole or other support for fowls to roost on or to rest on; a roost; figuratively, any elevated resting place or seat..

Forestaff :: Forestaff (n.) An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; -- called also cross-staff..

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