Bible Dictionaries
Sty

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. i.) An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid.

(2):

(v. i.) To soar; to ascend; to mount. See Stirrup.

(3):

(v. i.) A place of bestial debauchery.

(4):

(v. i.) A pen or inclosure for swine.

(5):

(v. t.) To shut up in, or as in, a sty.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sty'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/sty.html. 1828.