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Signature :: Signature (v. t.) The designation of the key (when not C major, or its relative, A minor) by means of one or more sharps or flats at the beginning of the staff, immediately after the clef, affecting all notes of the same letter throughout the piece or movement. Each minor key has the same signature as its relative major..

Attache :: Attache (v. t.) One attached to another person or thing, as a part of a suite or staff. Specifically: One attached to an embassy..

Baston :: Baston (n.) A staff or cudgel.

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..

Tipstaff :: Tipstaff (n.) An officer who bears a staff tipped with metal; a constable.

Transom :: Transom (n.) The vane of a cross-staff.

Staddle :: Staddle (v. i.) Anything which serves for support; a staff; a prop; a crutch; a cane.

Warder :: Warder (n.) A truncheon or staff carried by a king or a commander in chief, and used in signaling his will..

Baton :: Baton (n.) A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances..

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

Clef :: Clef (n.) A character used in musical notation to determine the position and pitch of the scale as represented on the staff.

Whipstaff :: Whipstaff (n.) A bar attached to the tiller, for convenience in steering..

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

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

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..

Bar :: Bar (n.) A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures..

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..

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

Staves :: Staves (n.) pl. of Staff.

Crook :: Crook (n.) A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff.

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