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sty

1  [stahy] ,noun, plural sties, verb, stied, sty⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
2. any filthy place or abode.
3. a place of bestial debauchery.
–verb (used with object)
4. to keep or lodge in or as if in a sty.
–verb (used without object)
5. to live in or as if in a sty.
Origin:
bef. 1000; (n.) ME; OE *stī in stī-fearh sty-pig; prob. identical with stig- in stigweard steward; c. ON stī, D stijg, G Steige
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sty

2  [stahy]
–noun, plural sties. Ophthalmology.
a circumscribed abscess caused by bacterial infection of the glands on the edge of the eyelid; hordeolum.
Also, stye.

Origin:
1610–20; by false division of ME styanye sty (styan (OE stīgend sty, lit., rising) + ye eye ), taken to be sty on eye
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sty 1   (stī)   
n.   pl. sties (stīz)

  1. An enclosure for swine.

  2. A filthy place.

tr. & intr.v.   stied (stīd), sty·ing, sties (stīz)
To shut up in or live in a sty.

[Middle English, from Old English stig.]
sty 2 also stye   (stī)   
n.   pl. sties also styes (stīz)
Inflammation of one or more sebaceous glands of an eyelid.

[Alteration of Middle English styanye : styan, sty (from Old English stīgend, from present participle of stīgan, to rise; see steigh- in Indo-European roots) + eye, ye, eye; see eye.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: sty
Variant: or stye /'stI/
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural sties or styes
: aninflamed swelling of a sebaceous gland at the margin of an eyelid called also hordeolum
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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sty or stye (stī)
n. pl. sties or styes (stīz)
Inflammation of one or more sebaceous glands of an eyelid. Also called hordeolum.

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