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Rope-making : A horizontal bar supported by a (1) Below stairs: In the basement; in the lower post and stationed at intervals in the length of a parts of a house; hence, among the servants. (2) Down stairs: [DOWN-STAIRS.] (3) Flight of stairs : [FLIGHT, 8., II. 1.] *(4) Pair of stairs : A staircase; stairs. [PAIR, 8.] set or flight of (5) Upstairs : In or to the upper part of a house. stairs. "'Tis gone-and in a merry fit They run up stairs in gamesome race." Words worth: Mother's Return. stair-carpet, s. A narrow carpet used to cover *stair-foot, s. The bottom of the stairs. stair-rod, s . A rod confining a stair-carpet at the receding angle where the riser and tread meet. *stair-wire, s. A stair-rod (q. v.).