Found 2 items, similar to Sty.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sty sty n 1: an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid [syn: stye, hordeolum, eye infection] 2: a pen for swine [syn: pigsty, pigpen] [also: stied]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Sty Sty \Sty\, n. [For older styan, styanye, understood as sty on eye, AS. st[=i]gend (sc. e['a]ge eye), properly, rising, or swelling (eye), p. p. of st[=i]gan to rise. See Sty, v. i.] (Med.) An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid. [Written also stye.] [1913 Webster] Sty \Sty\, n.; pl. Sties. [Written also stigh.] [AS. stigu, fr. st[=i]gan to rise; originally, probably, a place into which animals climbed or went up. [root]164. See Sty, v. i., and cf. Steward.] 1. A pen or inclosure for swine. [1913 Webster] 2. A place of bestial debauchery. [1913 Webster] To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Sty \Sty\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stied; p. pr. & vb. n. Stying.] To shut up in, or as in, a sty. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Sty \Sty\, v. i. [OE. stien, sti?en, AS. st[=i]gan to rise; akin to D. stijgen, OS. & OHG. st[=i]gan, G. steigen, Icel. st[=i]ga, Sw. stiga, Dan. stige, Goth. steigan, L. vestigium footstep, Gr. ? to walk, to go, Skr. stigh to mount. Cf. Distich, Stair steps, Stirrup, Sty a boil, a pen for swine, Vestige.] To soar; to ascend; to mount. See Stirrup. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] With bolder wing shall dare aloft to sty, To the last praises of this Faery Queene. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]