Staddle

stad'dl,?*. Anything which serves for support: esp., the frame or support of a stack of hay or grain; a small fish- Stack- Stadium, tree of anv stVdl-um, kind. esp. n. "a; forest pi. -dia, tree. -df-a. A stand. Greek a measure of length= 606 ft. 9 in. Eng.; a race-course. (Zool.) (Med.) A stage or period of a disease. (En- Staff, staf, «.; pi. Staves (stavz) or Staffs (stafs). with a A pole or stick; a stick carried in the hand for support or defense; a support. (Mus.) The 5 lines and the spaces on which music is written. A pole or not stick borne as an ensign of authority; a pole erected eyes; in a ship, or elsewhere, to hoist arid display a flag upon. (Mil.) An establishment of officers in vaof the rio us departments attached to an army, or to the have commander of an army; a corps of executive of to who act ficers in connected carrrying with out "some its designs. large establishment, [PI., in this a sense, Staffs only.] — Stave, stav, 7i. A thin, narrow piece of wood, of which casks, etc., are made; a stanza; verse: portion of a song or poem. —v. t. t. [staved (stavd) or stove (stov), staving.] To as a thrust through with a staff: to break a hole in, burst; cause the contents of to be lost; to push, as with a staff: to delay, put off, drive away, — with off; to half pour out; to render solid by corhpre ing with a pointed or edsed tool. writh- Stag, stag, n. The red deer of Europe and Asia, esp. the adult male; male of the hind; a hart; a male of the bovine genus, castrated at such an age that he never gains the full size of an ox.