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sty 1  (st)
n. pl. sties (stz)
1. An enclosure for swine.
2. A filthy place.
tr. & intr.v. stied (std), sty·ing, sties (stz)
To shut up in or live in a sty.

[Middle English, from Old English stig.]

sty 2 also stye  (st)
n. pl. sties also styes (stz)
Inflammation of one or more sebaceous glands of an eyelid.

[Alteration of Middle English styanye : styan, sty (from Old English stgend, from present participle of stgan, to rise; see steigh- in Indo-European roots) + eye, ye, eye; see eye.]

sty
Noun
pl sties a pen in which pigs are kept [Old English stīg]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.stysty - an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
infection - the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
2.stysty - a pen for swine                      
pen - an enclosure for confining livestock
Translations
sty [staɪ] n (for pigs) → pocilga

sty [staɪ] n [of pigs] → porcherie f

sty [staɪ] nSchweinestall m

sty [staɪ] n [of pigs] → porcile m

sty1
n sty [stai]
a pigsty. hok زَريبَة خنازير кочина prasečí chlívek grisesti der Schweinestall χοιροστάσιο pocilga, zahúrda sealaut خوك داني sikolätti porcherie דִיר सुअर बाड़ा svinjac, kotac disznóól kandang babi stía porcile 豚小屋 돼지 우리; 누추한 집[방] kiaulidė cūkkūts kandang babi stal grisebinge chlew pocilga cocină свинарник prasačí chlievik svinjak svinjac svinstia คอกหมู domuz ahırı 豬欄(圈) свинарник سؤر باڑہ chuồng heo


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The Witnesses proved, without error or flaw, That the sty was deserted when found: And the Judge kept explaining the state of the law In a soft under-current of sound.
Now it was the shape of a man in a long robe, the fleecy whiteness of which was made out of the fountain's spray; now it was a lion, or a tiger, or a wolf, or an ass, or, as often as anything else, a hog, wallowing in the marble basin as if it were his sty.
It was situated against the back of the cottage and surrounded on the sides which were exposed by a pig sty and a clear pool of water.
 
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