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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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..
Transom :: Transom (n.) The vane of a cross-staff.
Staff :: Staff (n.) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch..
Quenouille Training :: Quenouille training () A method of training trees or shrubs in the shape of a cone or distaff by tying down the branches and pruning.
Distaff :: Distaff (n.) The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand..
Truncheon :: Truncheon (n.) A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear..
Whipstaff :: Whipstaff (n.) A bar attached to the tiller, for convenience in steering..
Flail :: Flail (n.) An instrument for threshing or beating grain from the ear by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stouter and shorter pole or club, called a swipe, is so hung as to swing freely..
Crook :: Crook (n.) A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff.
Rodsman :: Rodsman (n.) One who carries and holds a leveling staff, or rod, in a surveying party..
Blond Metal :: Blond metal () A variety of clay ironstone, in Staffordshire, England, used for making tools..
Sceptre :: Sceptre (n.) A staff or baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace..
Stick :: Stick (v. t.) Any long and comparatively slender piece of wood, whether in natural form or shaped with tools; a rod; a wand; a staff; as, the stick of a rocket; a walking stick..
Elevate :: Elevate (v. t.) To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc..
Quarterstaff :: Quarterstaff (n.) A long and stout staff formerly used as a weapon of defense and offense; -- so called because in holding it one hand was placed in the middle, and the other between the middle and the end..
C :: C () The C clef, a modification of the letter C, placed on any line of the staff, shows that line to be middle C..
Target :: Target (n.) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff..
Malkin :: Malkin (n.) A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out a cannon.
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 pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
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