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#NAME? :: -staffs (pl. ) of Flagstaf.

Staff :: Staff (n.) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution. See Etat Major..

Staddle :: Staddle (v. i.) Anything which serves for support; a staff; a prop; a crutch; a cane.

Burdon :: Burdon (n.) A pilgrim's staff.

Cross-staff :: Cross-staff (n.) An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of celestial bodies.

Alpenstock :: Alpenstock (n.) A long staff, pointed with iron, used in climbing the Alps..

Furl :: Furl (v. t.) To draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag, close to or around its staff, securing it there by a gasket or line. Totten..

Palster :: Palster (n.) A pilgrim's staff.

Note :: Note (n.) A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch. Hence:.

Wand :: Wand (n.) A staff of authority.

Pestle :: Pestle (n.) A constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its shape.

Direct :: Direct (n.) A character, thus [/], placed at the end of a staff on the line or space of the first note of the next staff, to apprise the performer of its situation..

Colestaff :: Colestaff (n.) See Colstaff.

Target :: Target (n.) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff..

Tipstaff :: Tipstaff (n.) A staff tipped with metal.

Cudgel :: Cudgel (n.) A staff used in cudgel play, shorter than the quarterstaff, and wielded with one hand; hence, any heavy stick used as a weapon..

Professoriate :: Professoriate (n.) The body of professors, or the professorial staff, in a university or college..

Staffmen :: Staffish (a.) Stiff; harsh.

Staff :: Staff (n.) A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.

Crook :: Crook (n.) A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff.

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