Defn: The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
10. Etym: [From Staff, 3, a badge of office.] (Mil.)
Defn: An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution. See État Major.
11. Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect the plans of a superintendant or manager; as, the staff of a newspaper. Jacob's staff (Surv.), a single straight rod or staff, pointed and iron-shod at the bottom, for penetrating the ground, and having a socket joint at the top, used, instead of a tripod, for supporting a compass. — Staff angle (Arch.), a square rod of wood standing flush with the wall on each of its sides, at the external angles of plastering, to prevent their being damaged. — The staff of life, bread. "Bread is the staff of life." Swift. — Staff tree (Bot.), any plant of the genus Celastrus, mostly climbing shrubs of the northern hemisphere. The American species (C. scandens) is commonly called bittersweet. See 2d Bittersweet, 3 (b). — To set, or To put, up, or down, one's staff, to take up one's residence; to lodge. [Obs.]
STAFFIER
Staf"fi*er, n.
Defn: An attendant bearing a staff. [Obs.] "Staffiers on foot."
Hudibras.
STAFFISH
Staff"ish, a.
Defn: Stiff; harsh. [Obs.] Ascham.
STAFFMAN
Staff"man, n.; pl. Staffmen (.
Defn: A workman employed in silk throwing.