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Crosier :: Crosier (n.) The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God..

Colestaff :: Colestaff (n.) See Colstaff.

Cross-staff :: Cross-staff (n.) A surveyor's instrument for measuring offsets.

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

Sponge :: Sponge (n.) A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff..

Reportorial :: Reportorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a reporter or reporters; as, the reportorial staff of a newspaper..

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

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

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..

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

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

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..

Staffier :: Staff (n.) Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect the plans of a superintendant or manager; as, the staff of a newspaper..

Verge :: Verge (n.) The compass of the court of Marshalsea and the Palace court, within which the lord steward and the marshal of the king's household had special jurisdiction; -- so called from the verge, or staff, which the marshal bore..

Fate :: Fate (n.) The three goddesses, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, sometimes called the Destinies, or Parcaewho were supposed to determine the course of human life. They are represented, one as holding the distaff, a second as spinning, and the third as cutting off the thread..

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

Forestaff :: Forestaff (n.) An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; -- called also cross-staff..

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..

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

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

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