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Gibstaff :: Gibstaff (n.) A staff formerly used in fighting beasts on the stage.

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..

Staff :: Staff (n.) A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or pike..

Caduceus :: Caduceus (n.) The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald's staff of olive wood, but was afterwards fabled to have two serpents coiled about it, and two wings at the top..

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

Tinker :: Tinker (n.) A small mortar on the end of a staff.

Space :: Space (n.) One of the intervals, or open places, between the lines of the staff..

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

Vibrate :: Vibrate (v. t.) To brandish; to move to and fro; to swing; as, to vibrate a sword or a staff..

Plant :: Plant (n.) A bush, or young tree; a sapling; hence, a stick or staff..

Baston :: Baston (n.) An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court..

Cowlstaff :: Cowlstaff (n.) A staff or pole on which a vessel is supported between two persons.

Pikestaff :: Pikestaff (n.) A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping..

Radiometer :: Radiometer (n.) A forestaff.

Raise :: Raise (v. t.) To cause to rise up, or assume an erect position or posture; to set up; to make upright; as, to raise a mast or flagstaff..

Bill :: Bill (n.) A weapon of infantry, in the 14th and 15th centuries. A common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at the back and another at the top, and attached to the end of a long staff..

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

Pikestaff :: Pikestaff (n.) The staff, or shaft, of a pike..

Distaffs :: Distaffs (pl. ) of Distaf.

Decrescendo :: Decrescendo (a. & adv.) With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to performers, either written upon the staff (abbreviated Dec., or Decresc.), or indicated by the sign..

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