Stair
121dog-leg stair — /dawg leg , dog / a half turn stair, the successive flights of which are immediately side by side and connected by an intervening platform. Also, dog legged stair. [1890 95] * * * …
122newel stair — noun : a stair with newels at the angles to receive the ends of the strings; also : a spiral stair in which the inner or smaller ends of the steps are engaged in a solid vertical core …
123dog-leg stair — /dawg leg , dog / a half turn stair, the successive flights of which are immediately side by side and connected by an intervening platform. Also, dog legged stair. [1890 95] …
124common stair — noun An interior stair giving access to several independent flats or dwellings • • • Main Entry: ↑common …
125down|stair — «DOWN STAIR», adjective. = downstairs. (Cf. ↑downstairs) …
126Salmon stair — Salmon Salm on (s[a^]m [u^]n), n.; pl. {Salmons} ( [u^]nz) or (collectively) {Salmon}. [OE. saumoun, salmon, F. saumon, fr. L. salmo, salmonis, perhaps from salire to leap. Cf. {Sally}, v.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of fishes of… …
127Lady Stair's Close — is a close (alley) in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland, just off the Royal Mile, near the entrance to Gladstone s Land. Most notably it contains the Scottish Writers Museum. The close contains the Makars Court inscribed stones to the great names… …
128John Dalrymple, 7th Earl of Stair — John William Henry Dalrymple, 7th Earl of Stair (b. 16 November 1784 d. 22 March 1840) was the son of General William Dalrymple and Marianne Dorothy Harland. He incurred great scandal over his bigamous, but short lived, second… …
