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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.

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, roadstead, 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.