The stem or straight part of anything. Cf. shaft, n.2 The stem of a goblet, glass, etc.

A stem, columnar or straight portion of something. The stem or long straight handle of a tool, etc.; the shank of an anchor; the stem of a pipe…

Applied to various objects resembling the stem of a plant or of a flower, etc. (Cf. stalk, n.1 4 5.) The upright cylindrical support of a cup, a…

attributive and in other combinations: baluster column or baluster shaft(see quot. 1855 –58); baluster-rail. Esp. in sense ‘having the shape of a…

a wine-glass stem pulled out of the substance of the bowl; hence, a wine glass having such a stem (Cent. Dict.).

A slender upright support; the stem of a wine glass.

Silesian stem, a shouldered stem of a goblet or candlestick, supposed to have been so named in honour of George I for whom a goblet with such a…