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stair |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stair \Stair\, n. [OE. steir, steyer, AS st?ger, from ?igan to ascend, rise. [root]164. See {Sty} to ascend.] 1. One step of a series for ascending or descending to a different level; -- commonly applied to those within a building. 2. A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a house to another; -- commonly used in the plural; but originally used in the singular only. ``I a winding stair found.'' --Chaucer's Dream. {Below stairs}, in the basement or lower part of a house, where the servants are {Flight of stairs}, the stairs which make the whole ascent of a story. {Pair of stairs}, a set or flight of stairs. -- pair, in this phrase, having its old meaning of a set See {Pair}, n., 1. {Run of stars} (Arch.), a single set of stairs, or section of a stairway, from one platform to the next {Stair rod}, a rod, usually of metal, for holding a stair carpet to its place {Up stairs}. See {Upstairs} in the Vocabulary. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stair n : a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway; "he paused on the bottom step" [syn: {step}]
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