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Sty (st&ī;), n.; pl. Sties (st&ī;z). [Written also stigh.] [AS. stigu, fr. st&ī;gan to rise; originally, probably, a place into which animals climbed or went up. √164. See Sty, v. i., and cf. Steward.] 1. A pen or inclosure for swine.
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2. A place of bestial debauchery.
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To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty.
Milton.
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Sty, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stied (st&ī;d); p. pr. & vb. n. Stying (st&ī;"ĭng).] To shut up in, or as in, a sty. Shak.
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Sty, v. i. [OE. stien, sti&yogh_;en, AS. st&ī;gan to rise; akin to D. stijgen, OS. & OHG. st&ī;gan, G. steigen, Icel. st&ī;ga, Sw. stiga, Dan. stige, Goth. steigan, L. vestigium footstep, Gr. &unr_; 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.]
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With bolder wing shall dare aloft to sty,
To the last praises of this Faery Queene.
Spenser.
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Sty, n. [For older styan, styanye, understood as sty on eye, AS. st&ī;gend (sc. eáge eye), properly, rising, or swelling (eye), p. p. of st&ī;gan to rise. See Sty, v. i.] (Med.) An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid. [Written also stye.]
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