Stead

Stead (stead)
n.	(?)
Stead
[OE. stede place, AS. stede; akin to LG. *** D. stede, OS. stad, stedi, OHG. stat, G. statt, stä]tte, Icel. staðr, Dan. sted, Sw. stad, Goth. sta*?

Place, or spot, in general.

[Obs., except in composition.] Chaucer.

Fly, therefore, fly this fearful stead anon. Spenser.

Place or room which another had, has, or might have.

"Stewards of your steads." Piers Plowman.

In stead of bounds, he a pillar set. Chaucer.

A frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead.

[R.]

The genial bed,
Sallow the feet, the borders, and the stead. Dryden.

A farmhouse and offices.

[Prov. Eng. *** Scot.]

&fist] The word is now commonly used as the last part of a compound; as, farmstead, homestead, readstead, etc.

In stead of, in place of. See Instead. -- To stand in stead, or To do stead, to be of use or great advantage.

The smallest act . . . shall stand us in great stead. Atterbury.

Here thy sword can do thee little stead. Milton.

Stead

Stead (stead)
v. t.
Stead

To help; to support; to benefit; to assist.

Perhaps my succour or advisement meet,
Mote stead you much your purpose to subdue. Spenser.

It nothing steads us
To chide him from our eaves. Shak.

To fill place of.

[Obs.] Shak.

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