sty 1
/stuy/ , n. , pl. sties , v. , stied, stying .
n.
1. a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
2. any filthy place or abode.
3. a place of bestial debauchery.
v.t.
4. to keep or lodge in or as if in a sty.
v.i.
5. to live in or as if in a sty.
[ bef. 1000; (n.) ME; OE * sti in sti-fearh sty-pig; prob. identical with stig- in stigweard STEWARD; c. ON sti, D stijg, G Steige ]
sty 2
/stuy/ , n. , pl. sties . Ophthalm.
a circumscribed abscess caused by bacterial infection of the glands on the edge of the eyelid; hordeolum.
Also, stye .
[ 1610-20; by false division of ME styanye sty ( styan (OE stigend sty, lit., rising) + ye EYE), taken to be sty on eye ]