Stead

·vt To fill place of.

II. Stead ·noun A farmhouse and offices.

III. Stead ·noun Place, or spot, in general.

IV. Stead ·noun A frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead.

V. Stead ·noun Place or room which another had, has, or might have.

VI. Stead ·vt To Help; to Support; to Benefit; to Assist.

stead
is generally used for a place; as, it lies in such a stead, i. e. in such a place : whereas elsewher...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
water-stead
An old name for the bed of a river. ...

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wharf-stead
A ford in a river. ...

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