These are the meanings of the letters GITAFBFS when you unscramble them.
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Agist (v. t.)
To take to graze or pasture, at a certain sum; -- used originally of the feeding of cattle in the king's forests, and collecting the money for the same.
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Staff (n.)
A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or pike.
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Staff (n.)
A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a person walking; hence, a support; that which props or upholds.
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Staff (n.)
A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's staff.
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Staff (n.)
A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
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Staff (n.)
The round of a ladder.
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Staff (n.)
A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
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Staff (n.)
The five lines and the spaces on which music is written; -- formerly called stave.
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Staff (n.)
An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
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Staff (n.)
The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
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Staff (n.)
An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution. See Etat Major.
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Staff (n.)
Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect the plans of a superintendant or manager; as, the staff of a newspaper.
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Stiff (superl.)
Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints.
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Stiff (superl.)
Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff.
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Stiff (superl.)
Firm; strong; violent; difficult to oppose; as, a stiff gale or breeze.
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Stiff (superl.)
Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary.
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Stiff (superl.)
Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style.
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Stiff (superl.)
Harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to bear.
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Stiff (superl.)
Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to crank.
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Stiff (superl.)
Very large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff charge; a stiff price.