A set of locks on a waterway canal which rise steeply, and consisting of lock gates where the top gate of one lock is also the bottom gate of the next lock, not having a pound between each level.

comparative form of staid: more staid

superlative form of staid: most staid

plural of staio

plural of stainability

The state or condition of being stainable.

(vulgar) A spot or area that has been discolored by having absorbed feces. / (idiomatic, vulgar, derogatory) A stupid or contemptible person.

(UK, obsolete) Alternative form of stale (“a long, thin handle, as of mops, rakes, etc.”)

The state or condition of being stainless.

Without a stain; in unspoiled purity.