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There is also the homophone staph, a bacterial infection. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary full URL is a sister project to Wikipedia intended to be a free wiki dictionary (including thesaurus and lexicon) in every language. ... In musical notation, the staff or stave is a set of five horizontal lines on which note symbols are placed to indicate pitch and time. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... This group of political volunteers is working to promote voter turn-out. ... An organization (U.S. spelling) or organisation (U.K. spelling) is a formal group of people with one or more shared goals. ... Quarterstaffs in use, from Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs, published 1891 A quarterstaff is a Medieval English variant of the staff weapon, consisting simply of a long shaft of hardwood, usually oak, hawthorn, hazel or ash. ... A staff is a large, thick stick or stick-shaped object used to help with walking or as a status symbol or a weapon. ... A staff of office is a staff and carrying it often denotes social rank or prestige. ... Staff is a kind of artificial stone used for covering and ornamenting buildings. ... Leopold Staff (November 14, 1878 – May 31, 1957) was a Polish poet. ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Poets who wrote or write much of their poetry in the Polish language. ... Bowstaffs in use by two fighters A Bowstaff is a not vary well known weapon Uses in England around the 17 century The special thing about the Bowstaff is that it never needs to be unstringed and when stringed is totally flat so can be used as a light staff... In musical notation, the staff or stave is a set of five horizontal lines on which note symbols are placed to indicate pitch and rhythm. ... Homonyms (in Greek homoios = identical and onoma = name) are words which have the same form (orthographic/phonetic) but unrelated meaning. ... Binomial name Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus aureus (also known as golden staph) is a bacterium, frequently living on the skin or in the nose of a healthy person, that can cause illnesses ranging from minor skin infections (such as pimples, boils, and cellulitis) and abscesses, to life-threatening diseases such as... Phyla/Divisions Actinobacteria Aquificae Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi Chlamydiae/Verrucomicrobia Chloroflexi Chrysiogenetes Cyanobacteria Deferribacteres Deinococcus-Thermus Dictyoglomi Fibrobacteres/Acidobacteria Firmicutes Fusobacteria Gemmatimonadetes Nitrospirae Omnibacteria Planctomycetes Proteobacteria Spirochaetes Thermodesulfobacteria Thermomicrobia Thermotogae Bacteria (singular, bacterium) are a major group of living organisms. ... An infection is the detrimental colonization of a host organism by a foreign species. ...


The plural form, staves, also describes part of a barrel. Traditional wooden barrels in Cutchogue Modern aluminium beer barrels - also called casks - outside the Castle Rock microbrewery in Nottingham, England A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container, traditionally made of wood staves and bound with iron hoops. ...


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How to: Staff Spinning (4488 words)
It is of course also possible to spin two long staffs at once, and you gain a visual aspect, whilst losing a few of the tricks from each of single long staff, and dual short staffs.
If you are using a wooden staff then you might want to attach some kind of sheet metal between the wood and the wicking in order to stop direct burns, however the heat will still char the wood through the metal.
The primary grip is holding the staff in the notch between the thumb and index finger.
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