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. Zool. (a) Any scalaria, or wentletrap. (b) Any species of Solarium, or perspective shell.

 

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