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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..

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

Staff :: Staff (n.) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch..

Mourne :: Mourne (n.) The armed or feruled end of a staff; in a sheephook, the end of the staff to which the hook is attached..

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

Batlet :: Batlet (n.) A short bat for beating clothes in washing them; -- called also batler, batling staff, batting staff..

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A flag, containing only the union, without the fly, usually hoisted on a jack staff at the bowsprit cap; -- called also union jack. The American jack is a small blue flag, with a star for each State..

Sceptre :: Sceptre (n.) A staff or baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace..

Yard :: Yard (v. i.) A rod; a stick; a staff.

Gibstaff :: Gibstaff (n.) A staff to guage water, or to push a boat..

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..

Distaff :: Distaff (n.) Used as a symbol of the holder of a distaff; hence, a woman; women, collectively..

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

Rung :: Rung (n.) One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.

Staff :: Staff (n.) A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave..

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

Radiometer :: Radiometer (n.) A forestaff.

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes, the length from the union to the extreme end..

Cane :: Cane (n.) A walking stick; a staff; -- so called because originally made of one the species of cane.

Gisarm :: Gisarm (n.) A weapon with a scythe-shaped blade, and a separate long sharp point, mounted on a long staff and carried by foot soldiers..

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