stair

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  1. noun A series or flight of steps; a staircase. Often used in the plural.
  2. noun One of a flight of steps.

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  • Beyond the stair was a short passage marked "pass; contact 7-29, 14-12, 2-18," and above that a circle with the word "magnet The directions seem complete enough," I ventured, "but how did he expect us to pass this hall Shoot our way through," replied Hanavan. —  Wonder Stories Quarterly Summer 1932
  • At the top of the stair was a raised alcove, and in it was a mass of fur or wild hair. —  Cube Route
  • At the top of the stair was a tiny bathroom that they skipped in favor of the bedroom, another completely unconventional room. —  CourtingTrouble
  • Top: Beneath the stair is a built-in Corian bench. —  Interior Design Industry News
  • You can tell Square Enix put a lot of work into the game, as even something as little as having one foot on a higher ground like a stair is shown.
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English stǣger; see steigh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English staire, stayre, stayer, steir, steire, steyre, steyer, from Anglo-Saxon stǣger, a step, stair (= Middle Dutch steygher, steegher, stegher, Dutch steiger, a stair, step, quay, pier, scaffold), from stīgan = Dutch stijgen, etc., mount, climb: see sty, v., and cf. stile, sty, n., from the same verb.
 

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