A pole, staff.

A stout stick or post, usually of wood, with a pointed end for driving into the ground; used e.g. to mark a boundary or site, to support a plant…

A stake sharpened at the end, esp. one used in the construction of a hedge or fence; in later use, a hurdle-stake (cf. quots.).

A piece of wood; a stem or branch of a tree, or a portion of one, either in its natural state, or… A pole, post, stake, beam, wooden bar, etc.; esp.…

A stout rounded stick, esp. one used as a strengthening crosspiece or rail in a cart, chair, etc., or as a spoke.

The long slender rod forming the body of a lance or spear, or of an arrow. Also of a staff, harpoon, etc.

A strong stick, pole, bar, rod or stake used for various purposes; e.g. for carrying burdens, to support a canopy, the stems of plants, etc. Obsolete.

A post, stake. Obsolete.

In early use: a stake, stave, or stick, regardless of length or thickness; spec. the straight stem of a slender tree stripped of its branches. Now: a…

A pole; esp. one used to propel a barge, punt, or other boat; a punting pole. Obsolete (English regional (chiefly East Anglian) in later use).

A long stick or pole; the branch or limb of a tree. (See also log, n.1 1d.)

gen. A bar, pole, or rod. Obsolete.

A pole or stake, a wooden bar or beam. Also in various specific uses (see quots.).

A pole, rod, stick, or stake used for any of various purposes, esp. as a prop or support. Cf. perk, n.1 1a. Now rare.

A beam, a spar; a rafter. Scottish in later use.

A pole or beam. Also attributive as sheltbeam nail.

A stake, hedge-stake; a pale; a pole, post. stower-and-daub: = wattle and daub at daub, n. 1a. †stick and stower (stour): see stick, n.1 phrases 7.

Originally: a pointed piece of wood intended to be driven into the ground, esp. as used with others to form a fence; a stake. Now usually: any of…

A pole or piece of timber of some length and moderate thickness; spec. an undressed stem of fir or similar wood under six inches in diameter.

A spar or pole of timber; a bar or moderately long piece of wood. Obsolete. (Cf. spar, n.1 1, 3.)

A pole, rod, or stake; = perch, n.1 1a. Obsolete.

Heraldry. A representation of a staff with projecting stumps or knobs; an actual staff of this kind.

A stake. Obsolete. rare.

A metal rod; a flat wooden bar, esp. one forming a cross-piece.

A young tree or sapling used as a pole, staff, or cudgel. Irish English (northern) in later use. Now rare except in ash-plant, n.

one of the spars of a heck: see also quot. 1876 heck-stake n. at compounds 1.

A small spar.

A crooked staff, a crook; esp. a stick or club with a crooked head, used in games to drive a ball, or the like; a hockey-stick; hence, the game…

A bar or rod of wood, esp. one used or shaped for a particular purpose; a stake or pole; a hand-spike; a weaver's beam.

A long pole; spec. a pole or rod, set up horizontally, from which to hang cloth or clothes. Cf. perk, n.1 4a.

A straight rod or bar used in various connections (see quots.). Obsolete.

A pole or perch.

A slender or sharp-pointed rod. Obsolete.

A pole (for punting, etc.).

A wooden rod; a stick, stake, cane, etc.; spec. a fishing rod (now historical). Chiefly regional in later use.

A stick or staff.

A stake; a post; also a gibbet. †rogue stob, a whipping-post.

Senses of doubtful origin. A staff, pole, shaft. Also found as blede.

A wand, rod, stick. dialect.

A genus of giant-grasses (genus Bambusa), numerous species of which are common throughout the tropics. Also the stem of any of these used as a stick…

A pole, heavy stake.

A pole.

A small spar or bar.

Originally Military. A pointed stake driven into the ground for use in the construction of a fence or stockade, or to mark a position in surveying…

A curtain-rod, or any long slender rod. Cf. trangle, n.

Apparently: a component part used in the construction of a vessel.

= sense 1.

a long stick used for knocking down fruit from trees.

A staff or stick generally; a walking-stick (after French use).

A stake, a post.

= rack-stick, n.

A pin or stake driven into the ground and used to tether an animal, secure a tent, etc.

In combinations. i-dot n. the dot of an i. I-bar n., I-beam, I-iron, I-rail an iron bar, rail, etc., the section of which is like the letter I.

A thin iron rod serving as a probe. Obsolete. rare.

A stake, pile. (Cf. stag, v.2) dialect.

Any of various tools having the form of a short bar; spec. a tapered bar of iron or steel used as a lever, now often incorporating a spanner at…

A pole with a hook or similar implement at the end, used to open and close high windows.

A rod, wand, or stick. rare.

A staff, pole. (rare in English use.)

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