A floor or story of a house.
An elevated platform on which an orator may
speak, a play be performed, an exhibition be presented, or the
like.
A floor elevated for the convenience of
mechanical work, or the like; a scaffold; a staging.
A platform, often floating, serving as a
kind of wharf.
The floor for scenic performances; hence,
the theater; the playhouse; hence, also, the profession of
representing dramatic compositions; the drama, as acted or
exhibited.
A place where anything is publicly
exhibited; the scene of any noted action or carrer; the spot where any
remarkable affair occurs.
The platform of a microscope, upon which an
object is placed to be viewed. See Illust. of
Microscope.
A place of rest on a regularly traveled
road; a stage house; a station; a place appointed for a relay of
horses.
A degree of advancement in a journey; one
of several portions into which a road or course is marked off; the
distance between two places of rest on a road; as, a stage of
ten miles.
A degree of advancement in any pursuit, or
of progress toward an end or result.
A large vehicle running from station to
station for the accomodation of the public; a stagecoach; an
omnibus.
One of several marked
phases or periods in the development and growth of many animals and
plants; as, the larval stage; pupa stage; zœa
stage.
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