sty an (stian)

[Also styen, early mod. E. stian, etc.: see sty3 (b).] Same as sty3. [Obsolete or prov. Eng.] A soveraigne liniment for the stian or any other hard swellings in the eyelids. Holland, tr. of Pliny, xxviii. 11. I knew that a sty an... upon the eyelid could be easily De Quincey, Autob. Sketches, ii. reduced. "T had been in vaine; Shee onely sties to such as haue no braine. Heywood, Dialogues (Works, ed. Pearson, 1874, VI. 122). styl (sti), n. [(a) stie , stiz , stih, stig =MD. stijghe = OHG. stig , stic , MHG. stic , G. steig = Icel. stigr , stigr = Sw. stig Dan. sti , a path, footway; (b) sty , stie , a step, ladder, = OHG. stiga , MHG. stige , a path, step, ladder; also MD. steghe , steegh , D. steeg , a path, lane, = MLG. stege , a path, ascent, also a step, = OHG. stiega , MHG. stiege , a rise, ascent, step, stair, staircase, = Icel. stigi , stegi = Dan, stige , a step, ladder; (c) ef. OHG. steg, MHG.stec, G. steg, a path, bridge (the forms, of three or four orig. diff. types, being more or le confused with one another, and wavering between the long and short vowel); related to sty2, stile1, stair, etc., all ult. from the verb sty1.] 1. A nascent; an ascending lane or path; any narrow pathway or course. Them per our on his stif stede a sty forth thanne takes. William of Palerne (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 212. The scheref made to seke [caused to search] Notyngham, Bothe be strete and stye . Robin Hood and the Monk (Child's Ballads, V. 14). 21. A step upward; a stair. And sties also are ordande thore [there], With stalworthe steeles as mystir wore [need were], Bothe some schorte and some lang. York Plays , p. 340. 3. A ladder. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] sty2 (sti), n.; pl. sties (stiz). [Early mod. E. also stye, stie; Her (their) cotes make beforne Under sum porche, and parte hem so betwene That every stye a moder [sow with litter] wol sustene. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 99. styony, etc.: see sty3 (c).] Same as sty3. Styanye (or a perle) yn the eye, egilopa. Styony, disease growyng within the eyelid des, sycosis. Huloet . styca (sti'kä, AS. pron. stük'ä), n. [ AS.styca.] A small copper coin of the Anglo-Saxon pe Prompt . Parv ., p. 475. Obverse. Reverse. Styca of Redwulf, King of Nor riod, current in the kingdom of Northumthumbria, A. D. 844-British Mu bria in the seventh, seum. (Size of original.) eighth, and ninth centuries, and weighing about eighteen or nineteen grains.