An aspect of two planets with regard to the earth when
they are three octants, or three eighths of a circle, that is, 135
degrees, distant from each other.
1. A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or pike. And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the al...