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

Baston :: Baston (n.) A staff or cudgel.

Broomstaff :: Broomstaff (n.) A broomstick.

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes, the length from the union to the extreme end..

Flail :: Flail (n.) An instrument for threshing or beating grain from the ear by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stouter and shorter pole or club, called a swipe, is so hung as to swing freely..

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

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

Foresight :: Foresight (n.) Any sight or reading of the leveling staff, except the backsight; any sight or bearing taken by a compass or theodolite in a forward direction..

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

Staves :: Staves (n.) pl. of Staff.

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

Erect :: Erect (v. t.) To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc..

Staff :: Staff (n.) A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.

Colestaff :: Colestaff (n.) See Colstaff.

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

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

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

Assistant :: Assistant (a.) Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistant surgeon..

Verge :: Verge (n.) The compass of the court of Marshalsea and the Palace court, within which the lord steward and the marshal of the king's household had special jurisdiction; -- so called from the verge, or staff, which the marshal bore..

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

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