1. n. & v.
--n. (pl. sties)
1. a pen or enclosure for pigs.
2 a filthy room or dwelling.
3 a place of debauchery.
--v.tr. & intr. (sties, stied) lodge in a sty.
Etymology: OE sti, prob. stig hall (cf. STEWARD), f. Gmc 2. n. (also stye) (pl. sties or styes) an inflamed swelling on the edge of an eyelid.
Etymology: styany (now dial.) styan eye f. OE stigend sty, lit. 'riser' f. stigan rise + EYE, shortened as if sty on eye