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stye
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sta?/
- Rhymes: -a?
Etymology 1
First recorded in the 17th century; probably a back-formation from styany (first recorded in the 15th century), which in turn comes from styan plus eye, the former from the Old English st??end (“rising, riser; stye”), from the verb st?gan (“climb, ascend”).
Noun
stye (plural styes)
- (medicine) A bacterial infection in the eyelash or eyelid.
Synonyms
- hordeolum, powk (dialect)
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
stye (plural styes)
- Archaic form of sty. (shelter for pigs)
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:stye.
Anagrams
- Tyes, etys, stey, teys, tyes, yest, yet's, yets
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English st??.
Noun
stye
- Alternative form of sty (“path”)
Etymology 2
From Old Norse stigi.
Noun
stye
- Alternative form of stie (“ladder”)
stye From the web:
- what stye look like
- what style looks like
- what state is washington dc in
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- what state is mi
stee
English
Alternative forms
- stey
Etymology
Compare German Stiege. See stair.
Noun
stee (plural stees)
- (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A ladder.
Anagrams
- Sète, Tees, este, see't, tees
Middle English
Noun
stee
- Alternative form of stie (“ladder”)
stee From the web:
- what steers a ship
- what steers a boat
- what steers a hurricane
- what steep means
- what steel are files made from
- what steel penny is worth the most
- what steering technique is correct when backing
- what steel are leaf springs made of
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