staffelitbid

[Eng. staff elite; suff. -oid.] Min.: A variety of phosphorite resembling staff elite (q. v.). *stăf-fi-er, s. [Eng. staff ; -ier.] An attendant bearing a staff. "Marched whifflers and staff i ers on foot." Butler: Hudibras , ii. 2. *staf-fish, *staf-fishe, adj . [Eng. staff ; -ish.] Stiff, harsh. "A wit in youth not over dull, heavy, knotty, and lumpish, but hard, tough, though somewhat staffish , both for learning and whole course of living proveth always best." -Ascham : Schoolmaster , bk. i. *stăff-le , adj . [Eng. staff ; -le .] Without a staff.