Dictionary entry

Sty

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Sty (stī), n.; pl.Sties (�). [Written also stigh.] [AS. stigu, fr. stīgan to rise; originally, probably, a place into which animals climbed or went up. √164. See Sty, v. i., and cf. Steward.] 1. A pen or inclosure for swine.

2. A place of bestial debauchery.

To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty. Milton.