stead
51stead — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The function or position customarily occupied by another: place. Archaic: lieu. See PLACE, SUBSTITUTE …
52stead — sb. == place. 5 B.; [stide]. F. and P. 17. AS. stede …
53stead — sted n. place or position commonly occupied by a person or thing …
54stead — sated …
55stead — n. [Written also Sted] Place, room …
56stead of — preposition Etymology: by shortening chiefly dialect : instead of …
57stead|y — …
58In stead of — 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},… …
59To do stead — 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},… …
60To stand in stead — 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},… …