Stair

Stair may refer to:

Places
  • Stair, Cumbria, England
  • Stair, East Ayrshire, Scotland
People
  • Sir Stair Agnew, (1831–1916), a Scottish public servant
  • James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair (1619–1695), Scottish lawyer and politician
  • John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair (1648–1707), son of the previous
  • John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair (1673–1747), son of the previous
Technology
  • STAIR electrochemical battery, also known as the St. Andrews Air electrochemical battery
Other
  • Stairs, a flight of steps
  • The Stair Society, a learned society for the study of Scots Law, named for Viscount Stair

Famous quotes containing the word stair:

    “Life stood on the top stair a moment
    Waved her last gray slander down the stair,
    I will not forget her absent eyes
    Her other smile like one rose
    Falling, falling everywhere....”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    “The catastrophe
    Buried in the stair carpet stayed there
    And never corrupted anybody.
    And one day he grew up, and the horizon
    Stammered politely. The sky was like muslin.
    And still in the old house no one ever answered the bell.”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)

    “Provence,
    The Renascence, the age of Pericles, each
    A broad, rich-carpeted stair to pride
    With manhood now the cost they’re easy to follow
    For the ways taken are all notorious,
    Lettered, sculptured, and rhymed....”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)