Staves

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster

Staves - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

STAVES, plu. of staff, when applied to a stick, is pronounced with a as in ask, the Italian sound.

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Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

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