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Entry 5 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Sty

/(stī)/ · IPA /staɪ/
01 n. A pen or inclosure for swine.
pl. Sties ((stīz))
  1. 1.
    A pen or inclosure for swine.
  2. 2.
    A place of bestial debauchery.
    “To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty.” — Milton.
02 v. t. To shut up in, or as in, a sty.
imp. & p. p. Stied; p. pr. & vb. n. Stying
  1. 1.
    To shut up in, or as in, a sty.
03 v. i. To soar; to ascend; to mount. See Stirrup.
  1. 1.
    To soar; to ascend; to mount. See Stirrup.[Obs.] See: Stirrup
    “With bolder wing shall dare aloft to sty, To the last praises of this Faery Queene.” — Spenser.
04 n. An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid.
  1. 1.
    An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid.(Med.)