winding stair

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• winding stair — noun 1. A spiral stair constructed round a solid newel 2. A stair with an open well hole, constructed on a geometric (ie circular or elliptical) plan • • • Main Entry: ↑wind …   Useful english dictionary

• Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation Area — Infobox protected area | name = Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation Area iucn category = caption = locator x = 148 locator y = 116 location = Le Flore County, Oklahoma, U.S. nearest city = Talihina, Oklahoma lat degrees = lat minutes = lat …   Wikipedia

• The Winding Stair — Infobox musical artist Name = The Winding Stair | Landscape = yes Background = group or band Origin = IRL UK Instrument = violin, cello, guitar, vocals, bodhrán Genre = Irish folk, folk noir Years active = 2005 2008 Label = unsigned Current… …   Wikipedia

• The Winding Stair and Other Poems — The Winding Stair is a volume of poems by William Butler Yeats, published in 1933. It was the next new volume after 1928 s The Tower . (The title poem was originally published in 1929 by Fountain Press in a signed/limited edition, which is… …   Wikipedia

• Stair — (st[^a]r), n. [OE. steir, steyer, AS. st[=ae]ger, from st[imac]gan to ascend, rise. [root]164. See {Sty} to ascend.] 1. One step of a series for ascending or descending to a different level; commonly applied to those within a building. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Stair rod — Stair Stair (st[^a]r), n. [OE. steir, steyer, AS. st[=ae]ger, from st[imac]gan to ascend, rise. [root]164. See {Sty} to ascend.] 1. One step of a series for ascending or descending to a different level; commonly applied to those within a building …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• stair — n. 1 each of a set of fixed indoor steps (on the top stair but one). 2 (usu. in pl.) a set of indoor steps (passed him on the stairs; down a winding stair). 3 (in pl.) a landing stage. Phrases and idioms: stair rod a rod for securing a carpet in… …   Useful english dictionary

• stair — stairless, adj. stairlike, adj. /stair/, n. 1. one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building. 2. stairs, such steps collectively, esp. as forming a flight or a series of flights: I was so excited I ran… …   Universalium

• stair — noun 1 stairs (plural) a set of steps built for going from one level of a building to another: up/down the stairs: Jerry ran up the stairs. | the top/head of the stairs: Kate was standing at the top of the stairs. | the foot of the stairs (=the… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• stair — /stɛə / (say stair) noun 1. one of a series or flight of steps forming a means of passage from one storey or level to another, as in a building. 2. (plural) such steps collectively, especially as forming a flight or a series of flights. 3. a… …  

• Endless Stair —    The stair that led to Durin s Tower.    The winding stairway that led from the deepest halls of Khazad dûm up to Durin s Tower on the peak of Zirakzigil …   J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth glossary