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Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from the front stairs; hence, a private or indirect way.
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n.
A beam, into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys, and the like. See Illust. of Header.
n.
A winding stairway.
v. i.
An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
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One of the longitudinal pieces, supporting the treads and rises of a flight or run of stairs.
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The open space left beyond the ends of the steps of a staircase.
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A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing, balusters, etc.
a.
Being above stairs; as, an upstairs room.
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The open space in a floor, to accommodate a staircase.
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Any one of numerous species of elegant, usually white, marine shells of the genus Scalaria, especially Scalaria pretiosa, which was formerly highly valued; -- called also staircase shell. See Scalaria.
n. pl.
Pieces of undressed timber put under the steps of a wooden stair for their support.
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Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen steps, with platform and parapets, leading to an entrance door some distance above the street; the French perron. Hence, any porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda, at a house door.
a.
Provided with a step or steps; having a series of offsets or parts resembling the steps of stairs; as, a stepped key.
adv.
Up the stairs; in or toward an upper story.
v. i.
One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs.
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A flight of stairs or steps; a staircase.
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The head or top of a staircase.
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A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
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A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a round of a ladder.
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A stone laid before a door as a stair to rise on in entering the house.
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