Stave vs. Staff
Stavenoun
One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc.
Stavenoun
One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel
Stavenoun
(poetry) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
Stavenoun
(music) The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.
Stavenoun
A staff or walking stick.
Stavenoun
A sign, symbol or sigil, including rune or rune-like characters, used in Icelandic magic.
Staveverb
(transitive) To fit or furnish with staves or rundles.
Staveverb
To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst.
Staveverb
To push, or keep off, as with a staff.
Staveverb
To delay by force or craft; to drive away.
Staveverb
To burst in pieces by striking against something.
Staveverb
To walk or move rapidly.
Staveverb
To suffer, or cause to be lost by breaking the cask.
Staveverb
To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron.
Stavenoun
One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; esp., one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc.
Stavenoun
One of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel; one of the bars or rounds of a rack, a ladder, etc.
Stavenoun
A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
Stavenoun
The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or printed; the staff{7}.
Staveverb
To break in a stave or the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst; - often with in; as, to stave a cask; to stave in a boat.
Staveverb
To push, as with a staff; - with off.
Staveverb
To delay by force or craft; to drive away; - usually with off; as, to stave off the execution of a project.
Staveverb
To suffer, or cause, to be lost by breaking the cask.
Staveverb
To furnish with staves or rundles.
Staveverb
To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron; as, to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which lead has been run.
Staveverb
To burst in pieces by striking against something; to dash into fragments.
Stavenoun
(music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
Stavenoun
one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
Stavenoun
a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
Staveverb
furnich with staves;
Staveverb
burst or force (a hole) into something
Staffnoun
(plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
Staffnoun
A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written.
Staffnoun
(plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business.
Staffnoun
(uncountable) A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.W
Staffnoun
A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.
Staffnoun
A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
Staffnoun
(archaic) The rung of a ladder.
Staffnoun
A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
Staffnoun
(engineering) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
Staffnoun
(surgery) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
Staffnoun
(military) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.
Staffverb
(transitive) To supply (a business, volunteer organization, etc.) with employees or staff members.
Staffnoun
A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or stick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or pike.
Staffnoun
A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a person walking; hence, a support; that which props or upholds.
Staffnoun
A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's staff.
Staffnoun
A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
Staffnoun
The round of a ladder.
Staffnoun
A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
Staffnoun
The five lines and the spaces on which music is written; - formerly called stave.
Staffnoun
An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
Staffnoun
The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
Staffnoun
An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution. See État Major.
Staffnoun
Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect the plans of a superintendent or manager; sometimes used for the entire group of employees of an enterprise, excluding the top management; as, the staff of a newspaper.
Staffnoun
Plaster combined with fibrous and other materials so as to be suitable for sculpture in relief or in the round, or for forming flat plates or boards of considerable size which can be nailed to framework to make the exterior of a larger structure, forming joints which may afterward be repaired and concealed with fresh plaster.
Staffnoun
personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task;
Staffnoun
the body of teachers and administrators at a school;
Staffnoun
a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose;
Staffnoun
building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration
Staffnoun
a rod carried as a symbol
Staffnoun
(music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
Staffverb
provide with staff;
Staffverb
serve on the staff of;
