Some had bows, some "staves" -- that is, bills, pole-axes, or pikes. From Wordnik.com. [A Dream of John Ball and a King's Lesson] Reference
I thought if you have more than one staff, they are referred to as staves, not staffs. From Wordnik.com. [Week 35: That Most Dangerous of Animals] Reference
Or … maybe the staves are the wooden vertical things that make up the walls of the barrel!. From Wordnik.com. [Blogtimore, Hon] Reference
Or shepherd's staves, meaning the different ways of God's dealing with his people; the one, by sweet means, called the rod of. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 43: Zacharias The Challoner Revision] Reference
The "staves" were gold rings on the corners, which enabled poles to be inserted when the. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Method of piling bundled staves on kiln truck 217 58. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
Work of round-headed borers in white pine staves 111 30. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
Method of piling tub or pail staves on kiln truck 217 57. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
Their menacing hands gripped metal pipes and wooden staves. From Wordnik.com. [Urumqi] Reference
Heads and staves of barrels containing alcoholic liquids, 112. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
Barrels containing alcoholic liquids, staves and heads of, 112. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
Containing alcoholic liquids, staves and heads of barrels, 112. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
Liquids, staves and heads of barrels containing alcoholic, 112. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
It will last as long as steel and white oak staves will last. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
In Figure 56 will be seen method of piling small tub or pail staves. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
Came ye out, as against a robber, with swords and staves to take me?. From Wordnik.com. [The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The common English version, corrected by the final committee of the American Bible Union.] Reference
John Norton rose in silence to his feet and went over to where the staves lay. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
The ark and the staves, the propitiatory, and the veil that is drawn before it. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision] Reference
A group of gentlemen, disguised as sailors, followed them with iron-shod staves in their hands. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and covered the ark, and the staves thereof above. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 11: 3 Kings The Challoner Revision] Reference
The Burundi civil war has taken some 200,000 lives since 1994 as the minority Tutsi government staves off the Hutu majority. From Wordnik.com. [On The Go In His Golden Years] Reference
"Pere Guillaume," pursued M. du Lude, "how is it you have brought with you only your sons, and they armed with their staves?". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
So that the cherubims spread their wings over the place, in which the ark was set, and covered the ark itself and its staves. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 14: 2 Paralipomenon The Challoner Revision] Reference
The well, which the princes dug, and the chiefs of the people prepared by the direction of the lawgiver, and with their staves. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 04: Numbers The Challoner Revision] Reference
A curfew kept the downtown streets mostly empty, except for all the National Guardsmen in camouflage suits, carrying riot staves. From Wordnik.com. [The Siege Of Seattle] Reference
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