Definitions for: Sty

[n] a pen for swine
[n] an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid

Webster (1913) Definition: Sty, n.; pl. Sties. [Written also stigh.] [AS. stigu,
fr. st[=i]gan to rise; originally, probably, a place into
which animals climbed or went up. [root]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, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stied; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stying.]
To shut up in, or as in, a sty. --Shak.

Sty, v. i. [OE. stien, sti?en, AS. st[=i]gan to rise; akin
to D. stijgen, OS. & OHG. st[=i]gan, G. steigen, Icel.
st[=i]ga, Sw. stiga, Dan. stige, Goth. steigan, L. vestigium
footstep, Gr. ? 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, n. [For older styan, styanye, understood as sty on
eye, AS. st[=i]gend (sc. e['a]ge eye), properly, rising, or
swelling (eye), p. p. of st[=i]gan to rise. See Sty, v. i.]
(Med.)
An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid.
[Written also stye.]

Synonyms: eye infection, hordeolum, pigpen, pigsty, stye

See Also: infection, pen

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