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In a stainless manner.

; -- 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.…

A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing, balusters, etc. To make a complete staircase is a curious piece of architecture. Sir H. Wotton. Staircase shell. (Zoöl.) (a) Any scalaria, or wentletrap. (b) Any species of Solarium, or perspective shell.

The head or top of a staircase.

A flight of stairs or steps; a staircase. "A rude and narrow stairway." Moore.

A landing place; an elevated staging upon a wharf for discharging coal, etc., as from railway cars, into vessels.

A man employed in weighing and shipping at a staith. [Eng.]

The ruddy duck. [Local, U.S.]

Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid.

The ruddy duck. [Local, U.S.]

A sting ray.

Having a short, thick tail. Stump-tailed lizard (Zoöl.), a singular Australian scincoid lizard (Trachydosaurus rugosus) having a short, thick tail resembling its head in form; -- called also sleeping lizard.

To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight. Every pillar the temple to sustain. Chaucer.

Capable of being sustained or maintained; as, the action is not sustainable.

Held up to a certain pitch, degree, or level; uniform; as, sustained pasion; a sustained style of writing; a sustained note in music.

One who, or that which, sustains. Waterland.

The act of sustaining; maintenance; support. Milton. Lowell.

Having a tail like that of a swallow; hence, like a swallow's tail in form; having narrow and tapering or pointed skirts; as, a swallow- tailed coat.

A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints. See Dovetail.

The thrasher, or fox shark. See Thrasher.