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stair

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Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

stairn. [OE. steir, steyer, AS. st, from st to ascend, rise. Sty to ascend.].
  •  One step of a series for ascending or descending to a different level; -- commonly applied to those within a building.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a house to another; -- commonly used in the plural; but originally used in the singular only.  Chaucer's Dream.  [1913 Webster]
Below stairs, in the basement or lower part of a house, where the servants are. -- Flight of stairs, the stairs which make the whole ascent of a story. -- Pair of stairs, a set or flight of stairs. -- pair, in this phrase, having its old meaning of a set. See Pair, n., 1. -- Run of stairs (Arch.), a single set of stairs, or section of a stairway, from one platform to the next. -- Stair rod, a rod, usually of metal, for holding a stair carpet to its place. -- Up stairs. See Upstairs in the Vocabulary.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

stair, n.
1 each of a set of fixed indoor steps (on the top stair but one).
2 (usu. in pl.) a set of indoor steps (passed him on the stairs; down a winding stair).
3 (in pl.) a landing-stage.

Idiom
stair-rod a rod for securing a carpet in the angle between two steps.
Etymology
OE st{aelig}ger f. Gmc

THESAURUS

stair

amount, caliber, compass, cut, degree, doorstep, extent, footrest, footstep, grade, height, interval, leap, level, mark, measure, notch, nuance, pas, peg, period, pitch, plane, plateau, point, proportion, range, ratio, reach, remove, rest, riser, round, rundle, rung, scale, scope, shade, shadow, space, spoke, standard, stave, step, step stool, stepping-stone, stint, string, tread

ROGET THESAURUS

stair

Method

N method, way, manner, wise, gait, form, mode, fashion, tone, guise, modus operandi, MO, procedure, path, road, route, course, line of way, line of road, trajectory, orbit, track, beat, tack, steps, stair, staircase, flight of stairs, ladder, stile, perron, bridge, footbridge, viaduct, pontoon, steppingstone, plank, gangway, drawbridge, pass, ford, ferry, tunnel, pipe, door, gateway, channel, passage, avenue, means of access, approach, adit, artery, lane, loan, alley, aisle, lobby, corridor, back-door, back-stairs, secret passage, covert way, vennel, roadway, pathway, stairway, express, thoroughfare, highway, turnpike, freeway, royal road, coach road, broad highway, King's highway, Queen's highway, beaten track, beaten path, horse road, bridle road, bridle track, bridle path, walk, trottoir, footpath, pavement, flags, sidewalk, crossroad, byroad, bypath, byway, cut, short cut carrefour, private road, occupation road, highways and byways, railroad, railway, tram road, tramway, towpath, causeway, canal, street, speedway, adv, how, in what way, in what manner, by what mode, so, in this way, after this fashion, one way or another, anyhow, somehow or other, by way of, via, in transitu, on the high road to, hae tibi erunt artes.


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