~ STAFF    from STIFF to denote SUPPORT   see> STICK
^u         consider STAVE      see> CADUCEUS
                    DISTAFF    see> STICK
                    STEM       see> POLE
     denotes SUPPORT as in WALKING STICK or
     id+ FIGURATIVE for SUPPORT
     also ARRAY OF WORKERS or OFFICERS ORGANIZED AS
     A SUPPORT TEAM
     skt  STABNATI    = SUPPORT
     ukr   TABOR        PILLAR as in CAMP WITH A FENCE
                        also CONCENTRATION CAMP
     lith  TABOR        PILLAR
     eng   TABERNACLE   TEMPLE        see> AUGUR
     sp    TABERNA      RUSTIC RESTAURANT or INN
     eng   TAVERN       DEN  HAUNT    see> TABERNACLE
           TAB          STIFF also BILL CHECK  SCORE  BOOK
     sp    TABLA        TABLE BOARD or BAR
     ger  STABEN        STIFF
          STAMN         STEM
     sp  ESTACA         STICK
           TABLA        BOARD or TABLE
         ESTABLO        STABLE
         ESTADO         STATE or STAFF
     eng  DISTAFF       PILLAR or STAKE TO HOLD FLAX or
                        WOOL FOR SPINNING
          DIZEN         or
          DISEN         DRESS  BEDIZEN = CHEAP ADORNMENT
     in music STANZA = implies MELODIES in A CIRCULAR FORM
     ply> | A TAB CAN STAB STABILITY WHEN WITHOUT A STANZA
            A STIFF STAFF STICKS A STIFF BILL FOR A
            STABLE TABLE or STANDARD DRINKS AS IF DEMANDING
            SUPPORT FROM PILLAR TO POST |
     myth> THE CADUCEUS or STAFF OF HERMES BECAME
           CONFUSED WITH ESCULAPIUS PROBABLY BECAUSE OF
     SIMILARITIES WITH ORIENTAL MAGIC STICKS
     often SHOWED WITH ENTWINED SNAKES WHICH
     WERE SYMBOLS OF HEALING
     THE SHAPE OF THE STAFF USED NOW BY CHRISTIAN BISHOPS
     FORMERLY WAS AN EMBLEM OF A ROMAN AUGUR
     now called CROSIER or VEXILLUM
     note that PARADE MARSHALS or ARMY MARSHALS
     often MARCH HOLDING AS AN EMBLEM A STAFF
     id+ HOSPITAL STAFF
         denotes the properties of
         WALKING and KNOWING thus
         HOSPITAL STAFF ROUNDS ARE LIKE MOBILE RESOURCES
~ STEM   THE AXIS OF A TREE or PLANT
         AN ORIGIN
        TO STOP or TO CHECK
           ger STAMM = TREE TRUNK
~ STEMMA   ak TO PEDIGREE or
           FAMILY ORIGIN  or    sug> PEDIGREE
           FAMILY TREE
           gr STEMMA = WREATH
~ STEMMED  to denote ORIGIN
~ STENCH   from STENC  ak to STINCK STINK =
           OFFENSIVE ODOR
  lat FOETOR FETIDUS = FETID from
         FETERE FOETER  TO STINK
  sp     FETIDO         PUTREFACTION
  ukr    SMERDIT        STINK
  sp vern MIERDA        FECES
  ply> | STENCH STEMMING FROM A STEMMA ... (deleted)
  see> STICK
  see> CADUCEUS