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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stead \Stead\, v. t. 1. 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. 2. To fill place of [Obs.] --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stead \Stead\, 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?s, and E. stand [root]163. See {Stand}, and cf {Staith}, {Stithy}.] 1. Place or spot, in general. [Obs., except in composition.] --Chaucer. Fly, therefore, fly this fearful stead anon. --Spenser. 2. 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. 3. A frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead. [R.] The genial bed, Sallow the feet, the borders, and the stead. --Dryden. 4. A farmhouse and offices. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Note: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stead n : the function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another: "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of" [syn: {position}, {place}, {lieu}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Stead, NM Zip code(s): 88438
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