Definition of staff

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Staff (n.) A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's staff..

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Pikestaff :: Pikestaff (n.) The staff, or shaft, of a pike..
Perch :: Perch (n.) A pole; a long staff; a rod; esp., a pole or other support for fowls to roost on or to rest on; a roost; figuratively, any elevated resting place or seat..
Staff :: Staff (n.) A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave..
Wand :: Wand (n.) A staff of authority.
Potent :: Potent (n.) A staff or crutch.
Club :: Club (n.) A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel..
Blond Metal :: Blond metal () A variety of clay ironstone, in Staffordshire, England, used for making tools..
Cadre :: Cadre (n.) The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.
Backsight :: Backsight (n.) The reading of the leveling staff in its unchanged position when the leveling instrument has been taken to a new position; a sight directed backwards to a station previously occupied. Cf. Foresight, n., 3..
Officer :: Officer (n.) One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer..
Diminuendo :: Diminuendo (adv.) In a gradually diminishing manner; with abatement of tone; decrescendo; -- expressed on the staff by Dim., or Dimin., or the sign..
Colstaff :: Colstaff (n.) A staff by means of which a burden is borne by two persons on their shoulders.
Batlet :: Batlet (n.) A short bat for beating clothes in washing them; -- called also batler, batling staff, batting staff..
Signature :: Signature (v. t.) The designation of the key (when not C major, or its relative, A minor) by means of one or more sharps or flats at the beginning of the staff, immediately after the clef, affecting all notes of the same letter throughout the piece or movement. Each minor key has the same signature as its relative major..
Second :: Second (n.) The interval between any tone and the tone which is represented on the degree of the staff next above it.
Burdon :: Burdon (n.) A pilgrim's staff.
Breve :: Breve (n.) A note or character of time, equivalent to two semibreves or four minims. When dotted, it is equal to three semibreves. It was formerly of a square figure (as thus: / ), but is now made oval, with a line perpendicular to the staff on each of its sides; -- formerly much used for choir service..
Baton :: Baton (n.) A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances..
Distaff :: Distaff (n.) Used as a symbol of the holder of a distaff; hence, a woman; women, collectively..
Partisan :: Partisan (n.) A kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff..
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