sty

  1. Noun.  A pen or enclosure for swine.
  2. Noun.  A messy or dirty place.
  3. Verb.  To place in a sty.
  4. Verb.  To live in a sty, or any messy or dirty place.
  5. Noun.  (disease) An inflammation of the eyelid.
  6. Verb.  (obsolete) To ascend, rise up, climb. (defdate, 9th-17th c.) .
  7. Noun.  (British, dialectal) A ladder.

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