Hypertext Webster Gateway: "staircase"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Staircase \Stair"case`\, n.
A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing,
balusters, etc.
To make a complete staircase is a curious piece of
architecture. --Sir H.
Wotton.
{Staircase shell}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any scalaria, or wentletrap.
(b) Any species of Solarium, or perspective shell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
staircase
n : a way of access consisting of a set of steps [syn: {stairway},
{stairs}, {steps}]
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