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Definition of Stying
1. sty [v] - See also: sty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stying
Literary usage of Stying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet, Edward Nares (1843)
"stying that ether your Highness shuld ther- bie be compelled to make a Proctor
in Matter of such Importance against your Will ; or enforced to a Thing unto ..."
2. The Yellow Book by Fraser Harrison (1894)
"Are you stying in Horton ? " Willoughby told her he was not in Orton, but at
Povey Cross Farm out in the other direction. " Oh, Mrs. Payne's, ain't it ? ..."
3. Mirror for magistrates: in five parts by William Baldwin, John Higgins, Richard Niccols (1815)
"... and frends still stying higher and4 higher : The queene with children fruitfully
was blest, ..."
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