Sty , n. [For older styan,
styanye, understood as sty on eye, AS. stīgend
(sc. eáge eye), properly, rising, or swelling (eye), p. p. of
stīgan to rise. See Sty, v. i.]
(Med.) An
inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid. [Written also stye.]
Sty , v. i. [OE. stien, sti&?;en, AS. stīgan to rise; akin to
D. stijgen, OS. & OHG.
stīgan, G.
steigen, Icel. stīga, 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.]
With bolder wing shall dare aloft to sty,
To the last praises of this Faery Queene.
Spenser.
Sty , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stied (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Stying (?).]
To shut up in, or as in, a sty. Shak.
Sty (?), n.; pl.
Sties (&?;). [Written also stigh.]
[AS.
stigu, fr. stīgan to rise; originally, probably, a place into
which animals climbed or went up. √164. See Sty, v. i., and cf. Steward.]
1. A pen or inclosure for swine.
2. A place of bestial debauchery.
To roll with
pleasure in a sensual sty.
Milton.
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