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Definition of Stair

1. Noun. Support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway. "He paused on the bottom step"

Definition of Stair

1. n. One step of a series for ascending or descending to a different level; -- commonly applied to those within a building.

Definition of Stair

1. Noun. A single step in a staircase. ¹

2. Noun. A series of steps, a staircase. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stair

1. a rest for the foot used in going from one level to another [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stair

Literary usage of Stair

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"Screw stair. A circular stair ; especially, one in which the steps radiate from ... Proi)erly, the structure containing a stair ; a stair together with its ..."

2. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and edited by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"It is also well, in the case of a long stair, to introduce one or more landings. ... In such cases the longer step, especially with a 003 stair low riser, ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The above are the essentials of a stair. The riser which stands for the ... There is a marked distinction between the straight and the winding stair. ..."

4. An Institute of the Law of Scotland: In Four Books : in the Order of Sir by John Erskine, George Mackenzie, James Ivory (1828)
"6, and stair, B. 3. til. 5. § 51, vers. The next difficulty is,—applied to that spouse on whose heirs the last termination falls ; and no doubt the spouse ..."

5. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"stair Wells.—The exact dimensions and location of the stair-well opening must be determined from the architectural plan. Fig. Ill illustrates a case. ..."

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