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(stī)

noun pl. sties

a pen for pigs
any foul or filthy place

Origin: ME stie < OE sti, stig, hall, enclosure, prob. < IE base *stāi-, to stop up, thicken > stone

transitive verb, intransitive verb stied, stying

to lodge in or as in a sty

or stye

noun pl. sties or styes

a small, inflamed swelling of a sebaceous gland on the rim of an eyelid

Origin: < obs. dial. styany (taken as sty on eye) < dial. styan, rising < OE stigend, prp. of stigan, to climb, rise: see stile

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noun pl. sties sties (stīz)

An enclosure for swine.
A filthy place.

tr. & intr.v. stied stied (stīd), sty·ing, sties sties (stīz)

To shut up in or live in a sty.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English stig

also stye

noun pl. sties sties also styes (stīz)

Inflammation of one or more sebaceous glands of an eyelid.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration of Middle English styanye

Origin: : styan, sty (from Old English stīgend, from present participle of stīgan, to rise; see steigh- in Indo-European roots)

Origin: + eye, ye, eye; see eye

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