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Webster 1913 Edition

Sty

Sty

(stī)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Sties
(stīz)
.
[Written also
stigh
.]
[AS.
stigu
, fr.
stīgan
to rise; originally, probably, a place into which animals climbed or went up. √164. See
Sty
,
Verb.
I.
, and cf.
Steward
.]
1.
A pen or inclosure for swine.
2.
A place of bestial debauchery.
To roll with pleasure in a sensual
sty
.
Milton.

Sty

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Stied
(stīd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Stying
(stī′ĭng)
.]
To shut up in, or as in, a sty.
Shak.

Sty

,
Verb.
I.
[OE.
stien
,
stiȝen
, AS.
stīgan
to rise; akin to D.
stijgen
, OS. & OHG.
stīgan
, G.
steigen
, Icel.
stīga
, Sw.
stiga
, Dan.
stige
, Goth.
steigan
, L.
vestigium
footstep, Gr. [GREEK] to walk, to go, Skr.
stigh
to mount. Cf.
Distich
,
Stair
steps,
Stirrup
,
Sty
a boil, a pen for swine,
Vestige
.]
To soar; to ascend; to mount. See
Stirrup
.
[Obs.]
With bolder wing shall dare aloft to
sty
,
To the last praises of this Faery Queene.
Spenser.

Sty

,
Noun.
[For older
styan
,
styanye
, understood as
sty on eye
, AS.
stīgend
(sc.
eáge
eye), properly, rising, or swelling (eye), p. p. of
stīgan
to rise. See
Sty
,
Verb.
I.
]
(Med.)
An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid.
[Written also
stye
.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Sty

STY

,
Noun.
1.
A pen or inclosure for swine.
2.
A place of bestial debauchery.
To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty.
3.
An inflamed tumor on the edge of the eyelid.

STY

,
Verb.
T.
To shut up in a sty.

STY

,
Verb.
I.
To soar; to ascend. [Not in use.] [See Stirrup.]

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