sty

Noun

Synonyms: stye hordeolum eye infection pigsty pigpen

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelidSynonyms: stye hordeolum eye infection
a pen for swineSynonyms: pigsty pigpen

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Sty \Sty\ (st[imac]), n.; pl. Sties (st[imac]z). [Written also stigh.] [AS. stigu, fr. st[imac]gan to rise; originally, probably, a place into which animals climbed or went up. [root]164. See Sty, v. i., and cf. Steward.]

1.A pen or inclosure for swine. [1913 Webster]

2.A place of bestial debauchery. [1913 Webster]

To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

Sty \Sty\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stied (st[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Stying (st[imac]"[i^]ng).] To shut up in, or as in, a sty. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Sty \Sty\, v. i. [OE. stien, sti[yogh]en, AS. st[imac]gan to rise; akin to D. stijgen, OS. & OHG. st[imac]gan, G. steigen, Icel. st[imac]ga, 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.] [1913 Webster]

With bolder wing shall dare aloft to sty, To the last praises of this Faery Queene. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Sty \Sty\, n. [For older styan, styanye, understood as sty on eye, AS. st[imac]gend (sc. e['a]ge eye), properly, rising, or swelling (eye), p. p. of st[imac]gan to rise. See Sty, v. i.] (Med.) An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid. [Written also stye.] [1913 Webster]