Thesaurus: sty

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1. v. i. A pen or inclosure for swine.
2. v. i. A place of bestial debauchery.
3. v. t. To shut up in, or as in, a sty.
4. v. i. To soar; to ascend; to mount. See Stirrup.
5. v. i. An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid.
6. n. an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
7. n. a pen for swine
8. 1. A pen or inclosure for swine. 2. A place of bestial debauchery. To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty. Milton. To shut up in, or as in, a sty. Shak. To soar; to ascend; to mount. See Stirrup. [Obs.] With bolder wing shall dare aloft to sty, To the last praises of this Faery Queene. Spenser. An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid. [Written also stye.]
9. To shut up in, or as in, a sty. Shak.
10. n:100 n. an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid n. a pen for swine