2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stair \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
stair
n : a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a
stairway; "he paused on the bottom step" [syn: {step}]
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