Stead

Stead
Stead Stead (st[e^]d), n. [OE. stede place, AS. stede; akin to LG. & D. stede, OS. stad, stedi, OHG. stat, G. statt, st["a]tte, Icel. sta[eth]r, Dan. sted, Sw. stad, Goth. sta[thorn]s, and E. stand. [root]163. See {Stand}, and cf. {Staith}, {Stithy}.] 1. Place, or spot, in general. [Obs., except in composition.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Fly, therefore, fly this fearful stead anon. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

2. Place or room which another had, has, or might have. ``Stewards of your steads.'' --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster]

In stead of bounds, he a pillar set. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

3. A frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead. [R.] [1913 Webster]

The genial bed, Sallow the feet, the borders, and the stead. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

4. A farmhouse and offices. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster]

Note: The word is now commonly used as the last part of a compound; as, farmstead, homestead, roadstead, etc. [1913 Webster]

{In stead of}, in place of. See {Instead}.

{To stand in stead}, or {To do stead}, to be of use or great advantage. [1913 Webster]

The smallest act . . . shall stand us in great stead. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]

Here thy sword can do thee little stead. --Milton. [1913 Webster]


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  • Stead — (pronounced sted as in instead ) is a surname, and may refer to* C. K. Stead, New Zealand writer and critic * Christina Stead, Australian writer * Dave Stead, drummer * Edward Stead, early English cricket team manager * Eugene A. Stead, American… …   Wikipedia

  • Stead — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: C. K. Stead (* 1932), neuseeländischer Schriftsteller und Literaturwissenschaftler Christina Stead (1902 1983), australische Schriftstellerin David George Stead (1877–1957), australischer Naturforscher… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • stead — [sted] n [: Old English; Origin: stede place ] 1.) do sth in sb s stead formal to do something that someone else usually does or was going to do ▪ Pearson was appointed to go in Harrison s stead. 2.) stand/serve/hold sb in good stead to be very… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • stead — ► NOUN ▪ the place or role that someone or something should have or fill: she was appointed in his stead. ● stand in good stead Cf. ↑stand in good stead ORIGIN Old English …   English terms dictionary

  • Stead — Stead, v. t. 1. To help; to support; to benefit; to assist. [1913 Webster] Perhaps my succour or advisement meet, Mote stead you much your purpose to subdue. Spenser. [1913 Webster] It nothing steads us To chide him from our eaves. Shak. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • stead — [ sted ] noun do something in someone s stead FORMAL to do something that someone else usually does or was going to do stand/put/hold someone in good stead to be useful or helpful to someone …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • stead — [sted] n. [ME stede < OE, akin to Ger statt, a place, stadt, town < IE base * stā , to STAND] 1. the place or position of a person or thing as filled by a replacement, substitute, or successor [to send another in one s stead] 2. advantage,… …   English World dictionary

  • Stead — (spr. ßtedd), William Thomas, engl. Journalist, geb. 5. Juli 1849 in Howdon on Tyne, widmete sich der schriftstellerischen Laufbahn und gehörte 1880–89 der Redaktion der »Pall Mall Gazette« an. 1890 gründete er die »Review of Reviews« und 1891… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • stead — index behalf, help (noun), help (verb), site Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Stead —   [sted],    1) C. K. (Christian Karlson), neuseeländischer Schriftsteller, * Auckland 17. 10. 1932; war Professor für Literatur an der Auckland University, heute freier Feuilletonist; wurde international bekannt durch seine einflussreiche Studie …   Universal-Lexikon

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