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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sty1

▶noun (pl. sties) a pigsty. ▶verb (sties, stying, stied) archaic keep (a pig) in a sty.

– origin OE stī- (in stīfearh ‘sty pig’), prob. identical with stig ‘hall’ (see steward), of Gmc origin.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sty2 (also stye)

▶noun (pl. sties or styes) an inflamed swelling on the edge of an eyelid.

– origin C17: from dial. styany, from styan (from OE stīgend ‘riser’) + eye.

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