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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Distaff :: Distaff (n.) The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand..
Staff :: Staffs (pl. ) of Staf.
Diminuendo :: Diminuendo (adv.) In a gradually diminishing manner; with abatement of tone; decrescendo; -- expressed on the staff by Dim., or Dimin., or the sign..
Transom :: Transom (n.) The vane of a cross-staff.
Etat Major :: Etat Major () The staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel, also, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters, commissaries, engineers, ordnance officers, paymasters, physicians, signal officers, judge advocates; also, the noncommissioned assistants of the above officers..
Bedpost :: Bedpost (n.) Anciently, a post or pin on each side of the bed to keep the clothes from falling off. See Bedstaff..
Staffs :: Staffs (pl. ) of Staf.
Conductor :: Conductor (n.) A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director..
Pikestaff :: Pikestaff (n.) The staff, or shaft, of a pike..
Stag :: Staffman (n.) A workman employed in silk throwing.
Augural :: Augural (a.) Of or pertaining to augurs or to augury; betokening; ominous; significant; as, an augural staff; augural books..
Distaff :: Distaff (n.) Used as a symbol of the holder of a distaff; hence, a woman; women, collectively..
Tinker :: Tinker (n.) A small mortar on the end of a staff.
Stave :: Stave (n.) To push, as with a staff; -- with off..
Truck :: Truck (v. i.) A small wooden cap at the summit of a flagstaff or a masthead, having holes in it for reeving halyards through..
Cross-staff :: Cross-staff (n.) A surveyor's instrument for measuring offsets.
Staffish :: Staffier (n.) An attendant bearing a staff.
Rock :: Rock (n.) A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning..
Radiometer :: Radiometer (n.) A forestaff.
Verge :: Verge (n.) A rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge, carried before a dean..
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