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   Sty (stī), n.; pl. Sties (stīz). [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.
   
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   2. A place of bestial debauchery.
   
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   To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty. Milton.
   
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   Sty, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stied (stīd); p. pr. & vb. n. Stying (stīˈĭng).] To shut up in, or as in, a sty.  Shak.
   
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   Sty, v. i. [OE. stien, stiȝen, 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.]
   
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   With bolder wing shall dare aloft to sty,
   
   To the last praises of this Faery Queene. Spenser.
   
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   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.]
   
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