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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..

Paddle :: Paddle (v. i.) See Paddle staff (b), below..

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

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

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

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..

Half-mast :: Half-mast (n.) A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a flag a half-mast (a token of mourning, etc.)..

Bedstaff :: Bedstaff (n.) A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side..

Colstaff :: Colstaff (n.) A staff by means of which a burden is borne by two persons on their shoulders.

Stave :: Stave (n.) A metrical portion; a stanza; 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..

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

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..

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

Alpenstock :: Alpenstock (n.) A long staff, pointed with iron, used in climbing the Alps..

#NAME? :: -staffs (pl. ) of Flagstaf.

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

Staff :: Staff (n.) A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.

Thyrsus :: Thyrsus (n.) A staff entwined with ivy, and surmounted by a pine cone, or by a bunch of vine or ivy leaves with grapes or berries. It is an attribute of Bacchus, and of the satyrs and others engaging in Bacchic rites..

Pestle :: Pestle (n.) A constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its shape.

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