4 entries under this word

Sty

Stȳ, n.

noun

n. [A-S. stigend, a tumor on the eyelid, from stigan, to ascend, rise.] (Med.) An inflamed tumor on the edge of the eyelid, especially near the inner angle of the eye.

Stŷ, n.

noun

n. [Written also stigh.] [A-S. stige, O. H. Ger. stiga, swînstīga, O. D. swijnstije, Icel. & Sw. stia, Dan. sti, svinesti.]

A pen or inclosure for swine.
A place of bestial debauchery. “To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty.” Milton.

Stȳ, v. t.

verbtransitive

To shut up in a sty. Shak.

Sty, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [A-S. & O. H. Ger. stigan, to rise, L. Ger. stigen, D. stijgen, N. H. Ger. steigen, Goth. steigan, Icel. & Sw. stiga, Dan. stige.] To soar; to ascend. [Obs.] See STIRRUP.

With bolder wing shall dare aloft to sty, To the last praises of this Faery Queen. Spenser.