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Stag :: Staffman (n.) A workman employed in silk throwing.

Vibrate :: Vibrate (v. t.) To brandish; to move to and fro; to swing; as, to vibrate a sword or a staff..

Staff :: Staff (n.) A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's staff..

Direct :: Direct (n.) A character, thus [/], placed at the end of a staff on the line or space of the first note of the next staff, to apprise the performer of its situation..

Linstock :: Linstock (n.) A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon..

Backstaff :: Backstaff (n.) An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the heavenly bodies, but now superseded by the quadrant and sextant; -- so called because the observer turned his back to the body observed..

Elevate :: Elevate (v. t.) To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc..

Rack :: Rack (a.) A distaff.

Rodsman :: Rodsman (n.) One who carries and holds a leveling staff, or rod, in a surveying party..

Crutch :: Crutch (n.) A staff with a crosspiece at the head, to be placed under the arm or shoulder, to support the lame or infirm in walking..

Officer :: Officer (n.) One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer..

Conductor :: Conductor (n.) A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director..

Target :: Target (n.) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff..

Fate :: Fate (n.) The three goddesses, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, sometimes called the Destinies, or Parcaewho were supposed to determine the course of human life. They are represented, one as holding the distaff, a second as spinning, and the third as cutting off the thread..

Mace :: Mace (n.) A heavy staff or club of metal; a spiked club; -- used as weapon in war before the general use of firearms, especially in the Middle Ages, for breaking metal armor..

Mace :: Mace (n.) A staff borne by, or carried before, a magistrate as an ensign of his authority..

C :: C () The C clef, a modification of the letter C, placed on any line of the staff, shows that line to be middle C..

Colestaff :: Colestaff (n.) See Colstaff.

Baton :: Baton (n.) A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances..

Raise :: Raise (v. t.) To cause to rise up, or assume an erect position or posture; to set up; to make upright; as, to raise a mast or flagstaff..

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