2. Verb. (third-person singular of stead) ¹
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Definition of Steads
1. stead [v] - See also: stead
Lexicographical Neighbors of Steads
Literary usage of Steads
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Caractacus: A Cantata for Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, and Bass Soli, Chorus by Edward Elgar, Harry Arbuthnot Acworth (1898)
"... Wide ivast-ed lie our Oar home • steads burn, our home - steads burn, and,
all be - Our home - steads bum, home - steads burn, and, all be-tween, ..."
2. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"... and were at this time in the English harbours and road-steads, confiscated
the merchandise, and made the merchants and the mariners prisoners of war. ..."
3. A Complete Treatise on Practical Land-surveying, in All Its Departments by Anthony Nesbit (1847)
"The open area may be divided into as many equal parts, as there ^ire house-steads
in the square ; one part may be sold with each house-stead; ..."
4. Notes on Staffordshire Place Names by William Henry Duignan (1902)
"... smelted are called ' Bole hills ' or ' Bole- steads.' Bole hill is a common
name there. ... steads ..."
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