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staff
(mass) | staff
- personál, osadenstvo, štáb, notová osnova |
staff
(encz) | staff,berla n: Zdeněk Brož |
staff
(encz) | staff,hůl n: Zdeněk Brož |
staff
(encz) | staff,notová osnova n: [hud.] ghost |
staff
(encz) | staff,osazenstvo n: Zdeněk Brož |
staff
(encz) | staff,personál n: luke |
staff
(encz) | staff,štáb n: Zdeněk Brož |
staff
(encz) | staff,tyč n: Zdeněk Brož |
staff
(encz) | staff,zaměstnanci n: luke |
Staff
(gcide) | Staff \Staff\ (st[.a]f), n.; pl. Staves (st[=a]vz or
st[aum]vz; 277) or Staffs (st[.a]fs) in senses 1-9,
Staffs in senses 10, 11. [AS. staef a staff; akin to LG. &
D. staf, OFries. stef, G. stab, Icel. stafr, Sw. staf, Dan.
stav, Goth. stabs element, rudiment, Skr. sth[=a]pay to cause
to stand, to place. See Stand, and cf. Stab, Stave, n.]
1. A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an
instrument or weapon; a pole or stick, used for many
purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or
pike.
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And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of
the altar to bear it withal. --Ex. xxxviii.
7.
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With forks and staves the felon to pursue. --Dryden.
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2. A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a
person walking; hence, a support; that which props or
upholds. "Hooked staves." --Piers Plowman.
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The boy was the very staff of my age. --Shak.
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He spoke of it [beer] in "The Earnest Cry," and
likewise in the "Scotch Drink," as one of the staffs
of life which had been struck from the poor man's
hand. --Prof.
Wilson.
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3. A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a
badge of office; as, a constable's staff.
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Methought this staff, mine office badge in court,
Was broke in twain. --Shak.
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All his officers brake their staves; but at their
return new staves were delivered unto them.
--Hayward.
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4. A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
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5. The round of a ladder. [R.]
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I ascended at one [ladder] of six hundred and
thirty-nine staves. --Dr. J.
Campbell (E.
Brown's
Travels).
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6. A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded,
the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
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Cowley found out that no kind of staff is proper for
an heroic poem, as being all too lyrical. --Dryden.
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7. (Mus.) The five lines and the spaces on which music is
written; -- formerly called stave.
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8. (Mech.) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
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9. (Surg.) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife,
used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
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10. [From Staff, 3, a badge of office.] (Mil.) 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 ['E]tat Major.
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11. Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect
the plans of a superintendent or manager; sometimes used
for the entire group of employees of an enterprise,
excluding the top management; as, the staff of a
newspaper.
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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 (Celastrus scandens) is commonly called
bittersweet. See 2d Bittersweet, 3
(b) .
To set up one's staff, To put up one's staff, {To set
down one's staff} or To put down one's staff, to take up
one's residence; to lodge. [Obs.]
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Staff
(gcide) | Staff \Staff\ (st[.a]f), n. [G. staffiren to fill or fit out,
adorn, fr. D. stoffeeren, OF. estoffer, F. ['e]toffer, fr.
OF. estoffe stuff, F. ['e]toffe. See Stuff, n.] (Arch.)
Plaster combined with fibrous and other materials so as to be
suitable for sculpture in relief or in the round, or for
forming flat plates or boards of considerable size which can
be nailed to framework to make the exterior of a larger
structure, forming joints which may afterward be repaired and
concealed with fresh plaster.
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staff
(wn) | staff
n 1: personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an
assigned task; "the hospital has an excellent nursing
staff"; "the general relied on his staff to make routine
decisions"
2: a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose;
"he walked with the help of a wooden staff"
3: the body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the
dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the
university" [syn: staff, faculty]
4: building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to
cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an
exposition) or for decoration
5: a rod carried as a symbol
6: (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the
musical notes are written [syn: staff, stave]
v 1: provide with staff; "This position is not always staffed"
2: serve on the staff of; "The two men staff the reception desk" |
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staffing
(mass) | staffing
- obsadenie |
chief of staff
(encz) | chief of staff, |
distaff
(encz) | distaff,přeslice Jaroslav Šedivý |
falstaff
(encz) | Falstaff, |
falstaffian
(encz) | Falstaffian, adj: |
flagstaff
(encz) | flagstaff,stožár n: Zdeněk Brožflagstaff,žerď Zdeněk Brož |
fund staff
(encz) | Fund staff, |
general staff
(encz) | general staff, n: |
half-staff
(encz) | half-staff,na půl žerdi Zdeněk Brož |
headquarters staff
(encz) | headquarters staff, n: |
maintenance staff
(encz) | maintenance staff,personál údržby n: Ondřej Světlík |
office staff
(encz) | office staff, n: |
operational staff
(encz) | operational staff, |
overstaffed
(encz) | overstaffed, |
overstaffing
(encz) | overstaffing, |
pikestaff
(encz) | pikestaff,násada kopí n: Zdeněk Brož |
professional staff
(encz) | professional staff, |
quarterstaff
(encz) | quarterstaff,dlouhá tyč Zdeněk Brožquarterstaff,dlouhá tyč jako zbraň Zdeněk Brožquarterstaff,druh zbraně Zdeněk Brožquarterstaff,obušek n: Zdeněk Brož |
research staff
(encz) | research staff, n: |
restaff
(encz) | restaff, |
rijstaffel
(encz) | rijstaffel, n: |
sales staff
(encz) | sales staff, n: |
schutzstaffel
(encz) | Schutzstaffel, |
security staff
(encz) | security staff, n: |
service staff
(encz) | service staff, n: |
short-staffed
(encz) | short-staffed, |
staff benefits division
(encz) | Staff Benefits Division, |
staff development
(encz) | staff development, |
staff development division
(encz) | Staff Development Division, |
staff line
(encz) | staff line, n: |
staff member
(encz) | staff member, n: |
staff mission
(encz) | staff mission, |
staff of life
(encz) | staff of life, n: |
staff office
(encz) | staff office, n: |
staff officer
(encz) | staff officer, n: |
staff regulations
(encz) | staff regulations, |
staff retirement plan
(encz) | Staff Retirement Plan, |
staff sergeant
(encz) | staff sergeant, |
staff tree
(encz) | staff tree, n: |
staff vine
(encz) | staff vine, n: |
staff-day
(encz) | staff-day, |
staff-hour
(encz) | staff-hour, |
staff-monitored program
(encz) | staff-monitored program, |
staff-tree family
(encz) | staff-tree family, n: |
staff-year
(encz) | staff-year, |
staffed
(encz) | staffed,obsazený adj: např. personálem Zdeněk Brožstaffed,osazený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
staffer
(encz) | staffer,člen organizace Zdeněk Brož |
staffing
(encz) | staffing,nábor n: Zdeněk Brožstaffing,obsazení n: Zdeněk Brož |
stafford
(encz) | Stafford,Stafford n: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
staffordshire
(encz) | Staffordshire, |
staffordshire terrier
(encz) | Staffordshire terrier, |
staffroom
(encz) | staffroom,sborovna n: Zdeněk Brožstaffroom,zasedací místnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
staffs
(encz) | staffs,hole n: Zdeněk Brožstaffs,kolektivy n: pl. Zdeněk Brožstaffs,sbory n: pl. Zdeněk Brožstaffs,zaměstnanci n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
support group secretarial staff
(encz) | Support Group Secretarial Staff, |
support staff
(encz) | support staff, |
tipstaff
(encz) | tipstaff, n: |
understaffed
(encz) | understaffed,s malým stavem zaměstnanců Zdeněk Brož |
joint chiefs of staff
(czen) | Joint Chiefs of Staff,JCS Zdeněk Brož |
stafford
(czen) | Stafford,Staffordn: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
Almucanter staff
(gcide) | Almucantar \Al`mu*can"tar\, n. [F. almucantarat, almicantarat,
ultimately fr. Ar. al-muqantar[=a]t, pl., fr. qantara to
bend, arch.] (Astron.)
A small circle of the sphere parallel to the horizon; a
circle or parallel of altitude. Two stars which have the same
almucantar have the same altitude. See Almacantar.
[Archaic]
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Almucanter staff, an ancient instrument, having an arc of
fifteen degrees, formerly used at sea to take observations
of the sun's amplitude at the time of its rising or
setting, to find the variation of the compass.
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Backstaff
(gcide) | Backstaff \Back"staff`\, n.
An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the
heavenly bodies, but now superseded by the quadrant and
sextant; -- so called because the observer turned his back to
the body observed.
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batling staff
(gcide) | Batlet \Bat"let\, n. [Bat stick + -let.]
A short bat for beating clothes in washing them; -- called
also batler, batling staff, batting staff. --Shak.
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batting staff
(gcide) | Batlet \Bat"let\, n. [Bat stick + -let.]
A short bat for beating clothes in washing them; -- called
also batler, batling staff, batting staff. --Shak.
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Bedstaff
(gcide) | Bedstaff \Bed"staff`\, n.; pl. Bedstaves.
"A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead,
to hold the clothes from slipping on either side." --Johnson.
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Hostess, accommodate us with a bedstaff. --B. Jonson.
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Say there is no virtue in cudgels and bedstaves.
--Brome.
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Broomstaff
(gcide) | Broomstaff \Broom"staff`\, n.
A broomstick. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Cantoral staff
(gcide) | Cantoral \Can"tor*al\, a.
Of or belonging to a cantor.
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Cantoral staff, the official staff or baton of a cantor or
precentor, with which time is marked for the singers.
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Colestaff
(gcide) | Colestaff \Cole"staff`\, n.
See Colstaff.
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Colstaff
(gcide) | Colstaff \Col"staff`\, n. [F. col neck + E. staff. Cf. Coll.]
A staff by means of which a burden is borne by two persons on
their shoulders.
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Cowlstaff
(gcide) | Cowlstaff \Cowl"staff`\ (koul"st?f`), n. [Cowl a vessel +
staff.]
A staff or pole on which a vessel is supported between two
persons. --Suckling.
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cross-staff
(gcide) | Forestaff \Fore"staff`\, n. (Naut.)
An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes
of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; -- called
also cross-staff. --Brande & C.
[1913 Webster]Cross-staff \Cross"-staff`\ (-st?f`), n.
1. An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the
altitudes of celestial bodies.
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2. A surveyor's instrument for measuring offsets.
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