staffianadj.
Suited for making staffs.Apparently an isolated use.
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1820 L. Hunt Indicator No. 35 (1822) I. 279 The ash..hath been famous, time immemorial, for its staffian qualities.
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adj.1820- rotaxane
- rotbean
- rotc
- rotche
- rough robin
- rough scruff
- rough scuff
- rough seal
- rough service
- rough setter
- rough shoot
- rough skin
- rough sleeper
- rough sleeping
- rough sow-thistle
- rough sowthistle
- rough spin
- rough spleenwort
- rough string
- rough stucco
- rough stuff
- rough stuff cutter
- rough stuff cutting
- rough suet
- rough terrapin