STAIR, STAIRCASE, STAIRWAY
NOUNS
1380 — GRECE → GRICE a set or flight of stairs; a step, a stair → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1400 — GRECINGS the stairs in a flight; fights of stairs → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1483 — TURNGRECE → TURNGREE a winding stair, as in a turret → chiefly Sc., obs.
1518 — SISTERS the strings of a staircase → obs.
1530 — PAIR OF STAIRS a flight of stairs
1600 — TURN-STAIR a winding staircase → obs.
1624 — COCKLESTAIRS winding or spiral stairs
1658 — SCALE → SCALES a flight of steps → Eng. dial. obs.
1671 — DANCERS stairs → sl. arch.
1684 — GREES stairs, steps; a staircase, a flight of stairs → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1705 — SCALE-STAIR a stair going up by flights and landings as opposed to a continuous spiral → Sc.
.M18 — PRANCERS stairs → UK criminals’ sl.
..19C — WOODEN HILL stairs, esp. those leading to a bedroom → Eng. dial.
.M19 — PEACHES AND PEARS stairs → rhyming sl.
.M19 — THE LITTLE WOODEN HILL the stairs → UK nursery usage
1857 — APPLES (AND PEARS) stairs → Eng. rhyming sl.
1857 — DANCE a staircase; a flight of steps → cant
1873 — TIMBER-HILL a wooden staircase → Eng. dial.
1900 — CLINKERS stairs → sl.
1986 — LADDER a stairway of any sort → US Navy sl.
PHRASES
1859 — UP THE DANCERS up stairs → sl.
VERBS
1665 — TRACK UP THE DANCERS to go up the stairs → sl.
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