Vocabulary : Stadia to Staffier

Stadia : of Stadium
Stadia hairs : Alt. of wires
Stadimeter : A horizontal graduated bar mounted on a staff, used as a stadium, or telemeter, for measuring distances.
Stadium : A modern structure, with its inclosure, resembling the ancient stadium, used for athletic games, etc. ;; A Greek measure of length, being the chief one used for itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for nautical and astronomical measurements. It was equal to 600 Greek or 625 Roman feet, or 125 Roman paces, or to 606 feet 9 inches English. This was also called the Olympic stadium, as being the exact length of the foot-race course at Olympia. ;; Hence, a race course; especially, the Olympic course for foot races. ;; A kind of telemeter for measuring the distance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it subtends; especially (Surveying), a graduated rod used to measure the distance of the place where it stands from an instrument having a telescope, by observing the number of the graduations of the rod that are seen between certain parallel wires (stadia wires) in the field of view of the telescope; -- also called stadia, and stadia rod.
Stadtholder : Formerly, the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of Holland; also, the governor or lieutenant governor of a province.

Stadtholderate : Alt. of Stadtholdership
Stadtholdership : The office or position of a stadtholder.
Stafette : An estafet.
Staff : 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. ;; A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or pike. ;; A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a person walking; hence, a support; that which props or upholds. ;; A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's staff. ;; A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed. ;; The round of a ladder. ;; A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave. ;; The five lines and the spaces on which music is written; -- formerly called stave. ;; An arbor, as of a
Staffier : An attendant bearing a staff.