Sty \Sty\, n. [For older styan, styanye, understood as sty on eye, AS. st[=i]gend (sc. e['a]ge eye), properly, rising, or swelling (eye), p. p. of st[=i]gan to rise. See {Sty}, v. i.] (Med.) An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid. [Written also {stye}.]
Sty \Sty\, n.; pl. {Sties}. [Written also {stigh}.] [AS. stigu, fr. st[=i]gan to rise; originally, probably, a place into which animals climbed or went up. [root]164. See {Sty}, v. i., and cf. {Steward}.] 1. A pen or inclosure for swine.
2. A place of bestial debauchery.
To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty. --Milton.
Sty \Sty\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stying}.] To shut up in, or as in, a sty. --Shak.
Sty \Sty\, v. i. [OE. stien, sti?en, AS. st[=i]gan to rise; akin to D. stijgen, OS. & OHG. st[=i]gan, G. steigen, Icel. st[=i]ga, Sw. stiga, Dan. stige, Goth. steigan, L. vestigium footstep, Gr. ? to walk, to go, Skr. stigh to mount. Cf. {Distich}, {Stair} steps, {Stirrup}, {Sty} a boil, a pen for swine, {Vestige}.] To soar; to ascend; to mount. See {Stirrup}. [Obs.]
With bolder wing shall dare aloft to sty, To the last praises of this Faery Queene. --Spenser.
In signing the warrant, Gov. Bob Martinez set the execution for Jan. 24 for the 1978 rape and murder of 12-year-old Kimberly Diane Leach, who was abducted in Lake City and was found dead in a pig sty.
When Mr. Ackermann built a new pig sty recently, he received a $16,000 rebate from the government to help defray the $68,000 cost.