Word Meanings - FLAGSTAFF - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A staff on which a flag is hoisted.

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• STAFFISH
  Stiff; harsh. Ascham.
• HOIST
  To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight. They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails. Pope. Hoisting him into his father's throne.
• HOISTAWAY
  A mechanical lift. See Elevator.
• HOISTWAY
  An opening for the hoist, or
• STAFFIER
  An attendant bearing a staff. "Staffiers on foot." Hudibras.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• STAFF
  The five lines and the spaces on which music is written; -- formerly called stave. (more info) stab, Icel. stafr, Sw. staf, Dan. stav, Goth. stabs element, rudiment, Skr. sthapay to cause to stand, to place. See Stand, and 1. A long piece of wood;
• STAFFMAN
  A workman employed in silk throwing.
• BEDSTAFF
  "A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side." Johnson. Hostess, accommodate us with a bedstaff. B. Jonson. Say there is no virtue in cudgels and bedstaves. Brome.
• GIBSTAFF
  1. A staff to guage water, or to push a boat. 2. A staff formerly used in fighting beasts on the stage. Bailey.
• CROSS-STAFF
  1. An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of celestial bodies. 2. A surveyor's instrument for measuring offsets.
• WRINGSTAFF
  A strong piece of plank used in applying wringbolts.
• FLAGSTAFF
  A staff on which a flag is hoisted.
• PIKESTAFF
  1. The staff, or shaft, of a pike. 2. A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping. Sir W. Scott.
• WHIPSTAFF
  A bar attached to the tiller, for convenience in steering.
• QUARTERSTAFF
  A long and stout staff formerly used as a weapon of defense and offense; -- so called because in holding it one hand was placed in the middle, and the other between the middle and the end.
• BACKSTAFF
  An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the heavenly bodies, but now superseded by the quadrant and sextant; -- so called because the observer turned his back to the body observed.
• FORESTAFF
  An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; -- called also cross- staff. Brande & C.
• COWLSTAFF
  A staff or pole on which a vessel is supported between two persons. Suckling.