A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
(engineering) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
(surgery) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
(military) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.
