Category:Sty

Sty, n.; pl. Sties (. [written also stigh.] Etym: [as. stigu, fr. Stigan 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.

2. A place of bestial debauchery. To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty. Milton.

Sty Sty, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stied; p. pr. & vb. n. Stying.]

Defn: to shut up in, or as in, a sty. Shak.

Sty Sty, v. i. Etym: [oe. stien, sti, as. stigan to rise; akin to d. Stijgen, os. & ohg. stigan, g. steigen, icel. stiga, sw. stiga, dan. Stige, goth. steigan, l. vestigium footstep, gr. stigh to mount. Cf. Distich, stair steps, stirrup, sty a boil, a pen for swine, vestige.]

Defn: 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 Sty, n. Etym: [for older styan, styanye, understood as sty on eye, As. stigend (sc. eáge eye), properly, rising, or swelling (eye), p.p. Of stigan to rise. See sty, v. i.] (med.)

Defn: an inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid. [written also stye.]