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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..

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..

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

Staffier :: Staff (n.) Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect the plans of a superintendant or manager; as, the staff of a newspaper..

Potent :: Potent (n.) A staff or crutch.

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

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

Baston :: Baston (n.) An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court..

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

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..

Mace :: Mace (n.) A staff borne by, or carried before, a magistrate as an ensign of his authority..

Truck :: Truck (v. i.) A small wooden cap at the summit of a flagstaff or a masthead, having holes in it for reeving halyards through..

Baculometry :: Baculometry (n.) Measurement of distance or altitude by a staff or staffs.

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

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

Bedstaff :: Bedstaff (n.) A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side..

Vare :: Vare (n.) A wand or staff of authority or justice.

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

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

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

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