Vocabulary : Staffish to Stagecoach

Staffish : Stiff; harsh.
Staffman : A workman employed in silk throwing.
Staffmen : of Staffman
Staffs : of Staff ;; of Staff
Stag : The adult male of the red deer (Cervus elaphus), a large European species closely related to the American elk, or wapiti. ;; The male of certain other species of large deer. ;; A colt, or filly; also, a romping girl. ;; A castrated bull; -- called also bull stag, and bull seg. See the Note under Ox. ;; An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange. ;; One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock. ;; The European wren. ;; To act as a "stag", or irregular dealer in stocks. ;; To watch; to dog, or keep track of.

Stage : A floor or story of a house. ;; An elevated platform on which an orator may speak, a play be performed, an exhibition be presented, or the like. ;; A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, or the like; a scaffold; a staging. ;; A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf. ;; The floor for scenic performances; hence, the theater; the playhouse; hence, also, the profession of representing dramatic compositions; the drama, as acted or exhibited. ;; A place where anything is publicly exhibited; the scene of any noted action or carrer; the spot where any remarkable affair occurs. ;; The platform of a microscope, upon which an object is placed to be viewed. See Illust. of Microscope. ;; A place of rest on a regularly traveled road; a stage house; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses. ;; A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked off; the distance between two places of rest on a road; as, a stage of ten miles. ;; A degr
Stage director : One who prepares a play for production. He arranges the details of the stage settings, the business to be used, all stage effects, and instructs the actors, excepting usually the star, in the general interpretation of their parts.
Stage fright : Nervousness felt before an audience.
Stage manager : One in control of the stage during the production of a play. He directs the stage hands, property man, etc., has charge of all details behind the curtain, except the acting, and has a general oversight of the actors. Sometimes he is also the stage director.
Stagecoach : A coach that runs regularly from one stage, station, or place to another, for the conveyance of passengers.