sty (1), stie, sti, stye

[A. S. stigo a sty; cog. with Icel. stia, sti =a sty; svinsti a swine-sty; Dan.sti; Sw. stia; O. Sw. stia, stiga: Sw. dial. sti, steg; Dut. svijnstijge;; Ger. steige; O. H. Ger. stiga.] 1. A pen or inclosure for swine. "Each friend you seek in yon enclosure lies, All lost their form, and habitants of sties ." Pope : Homer's Ody ey, x. 338. 2. A dirty, mean, or filthy place; a hovel. "There could not be equality between men who lived in houses and men who lived in sties . "-Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. vi. 3. A place of debauchery. "The houses of Calderon's stately and high-spirited Castilian gentlemen became sties of vice.- Macaulay : Hist. Eng., ch. iii.