Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - sty
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1. n. & v. --n. (pl. sties) 1 a pen or enclosure for pigs. 2 a filthy room or dwelling. 3 a place of debauchery. --v.tr. & intr. (sties, stied) lodge in a sty. Etymology: OE sti, prob. = stig hall (cf. STEWARD), f. Gmc 2. n. (also stye) (pl. sties or styes) an inflamed swelling on the edge of an eyelid. Etymology: styany (now dial.) = styan eye f. OE stigend sty, lit. 'riser' f. stigan rise + EYE, shortened as if = sty on eye
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I. noun (plural sties; also ~es) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English stig pen; pigpen; akin to Old Norse svīnsti pigpen Date: before 12th century pigpen, II. verb (stied or ~ed; ~ing) Date: before 12th century transitive verb to lodge or keep in a ~, intransitive verb to live in a ~, III. noun or ~e (plural sties or ~es) see: stair Date: 1617 an inflamed swelling of a sebaceous gland at the margin of an eyelid ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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