STY (3)

Sty, v. i. [[OE. stien, sti”en, AS. stīgan to rise; akin to D. stijgen, OS. & OHG. stīgan, G. steigen, Icel. stīga, Sw. stiga, Dan. stige, Goth. steigan, L. vestigium footstep, Gr. � to walk, to go, Skr. stigh to mount. Cf. Distich, Stair steps, Stirrup, Sty a boil, a pen for swine, Vestige.]] To soar; to ascend; to mount. See Stirrup. With bolder wing shall dare aloft to sty, To the last praises of this Faery Queene. Spenser.