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Definition of staff
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of staff is as below...
Staff (n.) An
establishment
of
officers
in
various
departments
attached
to an army, to a
section
of an army, or to the
commander
of an army. The
general's
staff
consists
of those
officers
about his
person
who are
employed
in
carrying
his
commands
into
execution.
See Etat
Major..
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Staff
::
Staff (n.) The round of a
ladder.
Backsight
::
Backsight
(n.) The
reading
of the
leveling
staff in its
unchanged
position
when the
leveling
instrument
has been taken to a new
position;
a sight
directed
backwards
to a
station
previously
occupied.
Cf.
Foresight,
n., 3..
Stave
::
Stave (n.) A
metrical
portion;
a
stanza;
a
staff.
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.)..
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..
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..
Cross-staff
::
Cross-staff
(n.) An
instrument
formerly
used at sea for
taking
the
altitudes
of
celestial
bodies.
Mace
::
Mace (n.) A heavy staff or club of
metal;
a
spiked
club; -- used as
weapon
in war
before
the
general
use of
firearms,
especially
in the
Middle
Ages, for
breaking
metal
armor..
Paddle
::
Paddle
(v. i.) See
Paddle
staff (b),
below..
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..
Stave
::
Stave (n.) To push, as with a
staff;
-- with off..
Colestaff
::
Colestaff
(n.) See
Colstaff.
Pike
::
Pike (n. & v.) A foot
soldier's
weapon,
consisting
of a long
wooden
shaft or
staff,
with a
pointed
steel head. It is now
superseded
by the
bayonet..
Cross-staff
::
Cross-staff
(n.) A
surveyor's
instrument
for
measuring
offsets.
Breve
::
Breve (n.) A note or
character
of time,
equivalent
to two
semibreves
or four
minims.
When
dotted,
it is equal to three
semibreves.
It was
formerly
of a
square
figure
(as thus: / ), but is now made oval, with a line
perpendicular
to the staff on each of its
sides;
--
formerly
much used for choir
service..
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..
Yard
::
Yard (v. i.) A rod; a
stick;
a
staff.
Degree
::
Degree
(n.) A line or space of the
staff.
Skimmington
::
Skimmington
(n.) A word
employed
in the
phrase,
To ride
Skimmington;
that is to ride on a horse with a
woman,
but
behind
her,
facing
backward,
carrying
a
distaff,
and
accompanied
by a
procession
of
jeering
neighbors
making
mock
music;
a
cavalcade
in
ridicule
of a
henpecked
man. The
custom
was in vogue in parts of
England..
Malkin
::
Malkin
(n.) A mop or
sponge
attached
to a
jointed
staff for
swabbing
out a
cannon.
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