2. Verb. (third-person singular of sty) ¹
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Definition of Sties
1. sty [v] - See also: sty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sties
Literary usage of Sties
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Georgical Essays by Alexander Hunter (1804)
"Hog-sties should be larger than common, and walled round ; before winter, the
area should be covered eighteen inches, or two feet deep, with marl, chalk, ..."
2. The Works of Hannah More by Hannah More (1835)
"Though there ia no studied separations of the doctrinal from the practical parts
of hie Epi sties, they who would enter most deeply into a clear ..."
3. Russia: Travels and Studies by Annette M. B. Meakin (1906)
"... monastery—Ivan the Terrible—The boyars of Novgorod—Fall of Novgorod—Fate of
the citizens—The Novgorod of today—Pig-sties and electricity. ..."
4. The Theological Works of Isaac Barrow by Isaac Barrow (1830)
"... or chairs, not because the sties themselves did sit bishops there, but because *"
ef""- they did exercise their apostleship in teaching ; and z Tim. i. ..."
5. Annotations Upon Popular Hymns by Charles Seymour Robinson (1893)
"3 The dead in Christ shall first arise, At the last trumpet's sounding— Caught
up to meet him in the sties, With joy their Lord surrounding; No gloomy fears ..."
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