What is the name meaning of STAIR. Phrases containing STAIR
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STAIR
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi
Stairs; Steps
Boy/Male
Hindu
Stairs, Steps
Boy/Male
Tamil
Stairs, Steps
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English stegher ‘stair’ (Old English stǣger). In Kent and Sussex this was a topographic name denoting someone who lived on rising ground.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly West Country)
English (chiefly West Country) : patronymic from Laver.German : unexplained.French : nickname for someone living at a house with a spiral staircase, Old French lavis.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a basket weaver, from Anglo-Norman French banastre ‘basket’ (the result of a Late Latin cross between Gaulish benna and Greek kanistron). The term denoting a stair rail is unconnected with this name; it was not used before the 17th century.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Stair.
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STAIR
Boy/Male
Tamil
Teacher, Another name of Drona
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
Strength
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Italian, Jamaican, Swedish, Swiss
Bound; Tied; Captivating; Knotted Cord; To Tie; To Bind; Strong Combatant Hearty
Boy/Male
Tamil
Army Man
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English, French, Italian, Latin
Firm; Enduring
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Chinese, Scottish
Son of the Fair One; Fair Skinned; Comely; Finely Made
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Bridget, BRIDGETTE means "exalted one."
Boy/Male
Arabic
To be Heard
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Daughter of a Flower
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Rising Sun
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n. pl.
Pieces of undressed timber put under the steps of a wooden stair for their support.
v. i.
A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a round of a ladder.
adv.
Up the stairs; in or toward an upper story.
n.
Any one of numerous species of elegant, usually white, marine shells of the genus Scalaria, especially Scalaria pretiosa, which was formerly highly valued; -- called also staircase shell. See Scalaria.
n.
The open space in a floor, to accommodate a staircase.
n.
A stone laid before a door as a stair to rise on in entering the house.
a.
Being above stairs; as, an upstairs room.
n.
The open space left beyond the ends of the steps of a staircase.
v. i.
An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
n.
A beam, into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys, and the like. See Illust. of Header.
n.
The head or top of a staircase.
n.
One of the longitudinal pieces, supporting the treads and rises of a flight or run of stairs.
a.
Provided with a step or steps; having a series of offsets or parts resembling the steps of stairs; as, a stepped key.
v. i.
A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
n.
A winding stairway.
v. i.
One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs.
n.
Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen steps, with platform and parapets, leading to an entrance door some distance above the street; the French perron. Hence, any porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda, at a house door.
n.
A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing, balusters, etc.
n.
A flight of stairs or steps; a staircase.