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

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..

Rack :: Rack (a.) A distaff.

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

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

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..

Thyrsus :: Thyrsus (n.) A staff entwined with ivy, and surmounted by a pine cone, or by a bunch of vine or ivy leaves with grapes or berries. It is an attribute of Bacchus, and of the satyrs and others engaging in Bacchic rites..

Club :: Club (n.) A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel..

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

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

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..

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..

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

Staffs :: Staffs (pl. ) of Staf.

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

Crutch :: Crutch (n.) A staff with a crosspiece at the head, to be placed under the arm or shoulder, to support the lame or infirm in walking..

Truncheon :: Truncheon (n.) A baton, or military staff of command..

Paddle :: Paddle (v. i.) See Paddle staff (b), below..

Pike :: Pike (n. & v.) A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is now superseded by the bayonet..

Pikestaff :: Pikestaff (n.) A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping..

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