n. [ For older styan, styanye, understood as sty on eye, AS. stīgend (sc. eáge eye), properly, rising, or swelling (eye), p. p. of stīgan to rise. See Sty, v. i. ] (Med.) An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid.
n.;
To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ OE. stien, sti&yogh_;en, AS. stīgan to rise; akin to D. stijgen, OS. & OHG. stīgan, G. steigen, Icel. stīga, Sw. stiga, Dan. stige, Goth. steigan, L. vestigium footstep, Gr. &unr_; to walk, to go, Skr. stigh to mount. Cf. Distich, Stair steps, Stirrup, Sty a boil, a pen for swine, Vestige. ] To soar; to ascend; to mount. See Stirrup. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
With bolder wing shall dare aloft to sty,
To the last praises of this Faery Queene. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. See Sty, a boil. [ R. ] De quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL., fr. AS. stic, styc, stycge. ] An anglo-Saxon copper coin of the lowest value, being worth half a farthing. S. M. Leake. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Styryl + glycerin. ] (Chem.) A triacid alcohol, related to glycerin, and obtained from certain styryl derivatives as a yellow, gummy, amorphous substance; -- called also
n. See Sty, a boil. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Stygian. [ R. ] Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. Stygius, fr. Styx, Stygis, Gr.
At that so sudden blaze, the Stygian throng
Bent their aspect. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]