Word Meanings - FLAGSTAFF - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A staff on which a flag is hoisted.
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- STAFFISH
Stiff; harsh. Ascham. - HOIST
To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight. They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails. Pope. Hoisting him into his father's throne. - HOISTAWAY
A mechanical lift. See Elevator. - HOISTWAY
An opening for the hoist, or - STAFFIER
An attendant bearing a staff. "Staffiers on foot." Hudibras. - WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town. - WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. - STAFF
The five lines and the spaces on which music is written; -- formerly called stave. (more info) stab, Icel. stafr, Sw. staf, Dan. stav, Goth. stabs element, rudiment, Skr. sthapay to cause to stand, to place. See Stand, and 1. A long piece of wood; - STAFFMAN
A workman employed in silk throwing. - BEDSTAFF
"A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side." Johnson. Hostess, accommodate us with a bedstaff. B. Jonson. Say there is no virtue in cudgels and bedstaves. Brome. - GIBSTAFF
1. A staff to guage water, or to push a boat. 2. A staff formerly used in fighting beasts on the stage. Bailey. - CROSS-STAFF
1. An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of celestial bodies. 2. A surveyor's instrument for measuring offsets. - WRINGSTAFF
A strong piece of plank used in applying wringbolts. - FLAGSTAFF
A staff on which a flag is hoisted. - PIKESTAFF
1. The staff, or shaft, of a pike. 2. A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping. Sir W. Scott. - WHIPSTAFF
A bar attached to the tiller, for convenience in steering. - QUARTERSTAFF
A long and stout staff formerly used as a weapon of defense and offense; -- so called because in holding it one hand was placed in the middle, and the other between the middle and the end. - BACKSTAFF
An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the heavenly bodies, but now superseded by the quadrant and sextant; -- so called because the observer turned his back to the body observed. - FORESTAFF
An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; -- called also cross- staff. Brande & C. - COWLSTAFF
A staff or pole on which a vessel is supported between two persons. Suckling.