About The Word Stair
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Stair
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What's The Definition Of Stair?
[n] support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway; "he paused on the bottom step"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Stair: step Related Terms | Find terms related to Stair: See Also | corbel step | corbiestep | corbie-step | crow step | riser | staircase | stairs | stairway | steps | support | tread Stair In Webster's Dictionary \Stair\, n. [OE. steir, steyer, AS. st?ger, from ?igan to
ascend, rise. [root]164. See {Sty} to ascend.]
1. One step of a series for ascending or descending to a
different level; -- commonly applied to those within a
building.
2. A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a
house to another; -- commonly used in the plural; but
originally used in the singular only. ``I a winding stair
found.'' --Chaucer's Dream.
{Below stairs}, in the basement or lower part of a house,
where the servants are.
{Flight of stairs}, the stairs which make the whole ascent of
a story.
{Pair of stairs}, a set or flight of stairs. -- pair, in this
phrase, having its old meaning of a set. See {Pair}, n.,
1.
{Run of stars} (Arch.), a single set of stairs, or section of
a stairway, from one platform to the next.
{Stair rod}, a rod, usually of metal, for holding a stair
carpet to its place.
{Up stairs}. See {Upstairs} in the Vocabulary.
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