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n.
One who carries and holds a leveling staff, or rod, in a surveying party.
n.
Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect the plans of a superintendant or manager; as, the staff of a newspaper.
n.
A rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge, carried before a dean.
pl.
of Staff
n.
The compass of the court of Marshalsea and the Palace court, within which the lord steward and the marshal of the king's household had special jurisdiction; -- so called from the verge, or staff, which the marshal bore.
v. t.
To brandish; to move to and fro; to swing; as, to vibrate a sword or a staff.
pl.
of Staff
n.
A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's staff.
n.
A wand or staff of authority or justice.
n.
A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear.
n.
A baton, or military staff of command.
n.
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. See Etat Major.
n.
A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or pike.
n.
A staff of authority.
n.
An attendant bearing a staff.
v. i.
An oscillating bar in a machine, as the lever of the bellows of a forge.
n.
One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.
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of Staffman
n.
The vane of a cross-staff.
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A staff or baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace.
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