Word Finder - staffs

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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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(plural staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.

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(plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business.

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The company employed 10 new members of staff this month.

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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 constable's staff

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A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.

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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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An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.

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The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.

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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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To supply (a business, volunteer organization, etc.) with employees or staff members.

Hospital staffs should be kept apart.

Administration and headquarters staffs comprised 885 officers and 531 men.

At that date the superintending and managing staffs of the Post Office comprised 590 persons, the staff of the old companies with only about one-third of the traffic having been 534 persons.

On June 19 1912 a military agreement was made between the general staffs of Serbia and Bulgaria, in accordance with the previous political treaty of alliance signed on Feb.

The nominal strength of the army in 1906 was 29,489, including the officers of the general and subordinate staffs and the officers and cadets of the military schools.

If the road system was judged by the staffs sufficient to permit of the augmentation of the left wing, this was to be made up of 2 Serbian and 3 Bulgarian divisions - a force equivalent to to Turkish divisions, while the other 5 Serbian divisions (equal to about 8 Turkish) descended from Vranya upon Kumanovo.

There were some that adopted all the army methods and had infantry, artillery, staffs, and the comforts of life.

Interview the staffs at several sleep centers before you set up your appointment.

For this reason, medical staffs often utilize these forms in a variety of situations when the patient is required to sign a release.

They live in a home attached to the institution, under a matron, and in the most modern establishments each nurse has a separate bedroom, with common dining and recreation rooms. Private nursing staffs are attached to several of the hospitals; they are recruited from the staff nurses and probationers on completion of their course, and supply nurses to private patients.

He served for a time on the staffs of Washington and Putnam in 1776-77, and by his vigilance in the retreat from Long Island he saved an entire brigade from capture.

The university (Hiigskola) was a private foundation (1891), but is governed by a board, the members of which are nominated by the state, the town council, Royal Society of Science and Literature, directors of the museum, and the staffs of the various local colleges.

Moreover, the older and larger societies have much increased the proportion of graduates on their staffs.

The force is trained, commanded and inspected exclusively by the military authorities, the regular army finding the higher commanders and staffs.

They were fighting with bo staffs on the beach while a bevy of women in bikinis or tight clothing watched.

He needed to make sure that the staffs each knew to adhere to service level agreement's between both organizations.

There is a we love to service staffs aboard american civilization captives.

The elder daughter Megan married and started a family, so we moved to Cheadle (Staffs) to be near them.

Staffs & Worcs Canal Wolverley Lock was closed for an emergency stoppage from 24 May to 3 June.

The plans for bringing the rrth Division and bulk of the Toth Division from the islands to Suvla and disembarking them had been elaborated with meticulous care by the naval and military staffs.

Since1904-1905command and administration have been separated and general officers commanding in chief relieved of administrative details by the appointment to their staffs of majorgenerals in charge of administration (see Staff and Officers).

And at that moment, though the day was still, a light gust of wind blowing over the army slightly stirred the streamers on the lances and the unfolded standards fluttered against their staffs.

But on the afternoon of that day, this activity reached Kutuzov's headquarters and the staffs of the commanders of columns.

Now only the commanders of detachments with staffs, and moving according to rules at a distance from the French, still regarded many things as impossible.

Besides Denisov and Dolokhov (who also led a small party and moved in Denisov's vicinity), the commanders of some large divisions with staffs also knew of this convoy and, as Denisov expressed it, were sharpening their teeth for it.

It also includes a screen capture function and an interesting paper print ability which generates files that you can print if you are in need of paper with lines, graphs or blank musical staffs printed on it.

To achieve this goal, the company staffs expert scrappers whose job it is to inspire fellow scrapbook fans to express themselves and tell their stories.

In addition, the company staffs reservations and customer service call centers in Kansas and Canada.

The treatment options include both major health centers as well as specialty dentists, all with staffs of fully-trained, experienced professionals.

Size of staff - Some specialists are in private practice while some are on the staffs of large university-sponsored medical centers.

To help shoppers find the right items, the company staffs an on-site nutritionist in each of its stores.

Shepherds usually carry staffs, while Joseph doesn't really have any accessories.

Add a head scarf here and a sash there, give the shepherds their staffs and you'll be ready to go.

This Boston-based company, founded in 1999, staffs a host of professional shoppers.

Gems look good in the vertical and horizontal sections of the staff, with a larger stone in the center where the staffs meet.

Larger hotels have security staffs to insure your safety.

It is especially desirable for hospital and ambulance staffs to be inoculated with a vaccine prepared from sterilized cultures of plague bacillus.