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(plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
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(music, plural staffs or staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.
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plural of staffer
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(uncountable) A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.ᵂ
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A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.
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A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
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(archaic) The rung of a ladder.
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A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
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(engineering) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
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(surgery) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
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(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.
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(rail transport, archaic) A form of token once used, in combination with a ticket, for safe train movements between two points on a single line.