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  1. 1. v. i. A pen or inclosure for swine. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. i. A place of bestial debauchery. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To shut up in, or as in, a sty. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. i. To soar; to ascend; to mount. See Stirrup. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. i. An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. a pen for swine Source: wordnet
  8. 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.] Source: webster
  9. 9. To shut up in, or as in, a sty. Shak. Source: adambom
  10. 10. n:100 n. an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid n. a pen for swine Source: ecdict

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