Definition of staff

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Staff (n.) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution. See Etat Major..

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Colestaff :: Colestaff (n.) See Colstaff.
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..
Ploughfoot :: Ploughfoot (n.) An adjustable staff formerly attached to the plow beam to determine the depth of the furrow.
Caduceus :: Caduceus (n.) The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald's staff of olive wood, but was afterwards fabled to have two serpents coiled about it, and two wings at the top..
Staff :: Staff (n.) A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's staff..
Staffs :: Staffs (pl. ) of Staf.
Blond Metal :: Blond metal () A variety of clay ironstone, in Staffordshire, England, used for making tools..
Furl :: Furl (v. t.) To draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag, close to or around its staff, securing it there by a gasket or line. Totten..
Cowlstaff :: Cowlstaff (n.) A staff or pole on which a vessel is supported between two persons.
Staff :: Staff (n.) A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
Rodsman :: Rodsman (n.) One who carries and holds a leveling staff, or rod, in a surveying party..
Vibrate :: Vibrate (v. t.) To brandish; to move to and fro; to swing; as, to vibrate a sword or a staff..
Gonfanon :: Gonfanon (n.) A name popularly given to any flag which hangs from a crosspiece or frame instead of from the staff or the mast itself.
Rock :: Rock (n.) A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning..
Wand :: Wand (n.) A staff of authority.
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..
Stave :: Stave (n.) To push, as with a staff; -- with off..
Tipstaff :: Tipstaff (pl. ) of Tipstaf.
Staves :: Staves (n.) pl. of Staff.
Professoriate :: Professoriate (n.) The body of professors, or the professorial staff, in a university or college..
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