Definition of stead

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Stead (n.) Place, or spot, in general..

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Unsad :: Unsad (a.) Unsteady; fickle.
Homesteader :: Homesteader (n.) One who has entered upon a portion of the public land with the purpose of acquiring ownership of it under provisions of the homestead law, so called; one who has acquired a homestead in this manner..
Industry :: Industry (n.) Habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; -- opposed to sloth and idleness; as, industry pays debts, while idleness or despair will increase them..
Groggy :: Groggy (a.) Overcome with grog; tipsy; unsteady on the legs.
Creeper :: Creeper (n.) A kind of patten mounted on short pieces of iron instead of rings; also, a fixture with iron points worn on a shoe to prevent one from slipping..
Totter :: Totter (v. i.) To shake so as to threaten a fall; to vacillate; to be unsteady; to stagger; as,an old man totters with age..
Stead :: Stead (n.) Place or room which another had, has, or might have..
Farmery :: Farmery (n.) The buildings and yards necessary for the business of a farm; a homestead.
Diligent :: Diligent (a.) Interestedly and perseveringly attentive; steady and earnest in application to a subject or pursuit; assiduous; industrious.
Monodical :: Monodical (a.) Homophonic; -- applied to music in which the melody is confined to one part, instead of being shared by all the parts as in the style called polyphonic..
Truth :: Truth (n.) Fidelity; constancy; steadfastness; faithfulness.
Backbone :: Backbone (n.) Firmness; moral principle; steadfastness.
Antonomasia :: Antonomasia (n.) The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero..
Sterquilinous :: Stern-wheeler (n.) A steamboat having a stern wheel instead of side wheels.
Preventative :: Preventative (n.) That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.
Statarianly :: Statarian (a.) Fixed; settled; steady; statary.
Steady :: Steady (n.) Constant in feeling, purpose, or pursuit; not fickle, changeable, or wavering; not easily moved or persuaded to alter a purpose; resolute; as, a man steady in his principles, in his purpose, or in the pursuit of an object..
Bestead :: Bestead (v. t.) To serve; to assist; to profit; to avail.
Constancy :: Constancy (n.) The state or quality of being constant or steadfast; freedom from change; stability; fixedness; immutability; as, the constancy of God in his nature and attributes..
Polygeny :: Polygeny (n.) The theory that living organisms originate in cells or embryos of different kinds, instead of coming from a single cell; -- opposed to monogenesis..
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