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sty Definition


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sty1
noun sties
    1. A pen where pigs are kept.
    2. Any filthy or disgusting place.
verb
    sties, stied, stying
    1. To put or keep (a pig, etc) in a sty.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon stig pen or hall.




sty2
stye
noun
    sties, styes
    1. An inflamed swelling on the eyelid at the base of the lash.
Etymology: 15c: from styanye a rising, which was mistaken for ‘sty on eye', from Anglo-Saxon stigan to rise.



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