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steading

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stead  (std)
n.
1. The place, position, or function properly or customarily occupied by another.
2. Advantage; service; purpose: "His personal relationship with the electorate stands in good stead" (John Sears).
tr.v. stead·ed, stead·ing, steads
To be of advantage or service to; benefit.
[Middle English stede, from Old English; see st- in Indo-European roots.]
steading [ˈstɛdɪŋ]
n Brit
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a farmstead
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) the outbuildings of a farm
[from stead + -ing1]
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The red and white herd nearest at hand, which had been phlegmatically waiting for the call, now trooped towards the steading in the background, their great bags of milk swinging under them as they walked.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
It seemed a house door stood open and let out a beam of fire and candle-light; and all round the house and steading five or six persons were moving hurriedly about, each carrying a lighted brand.
Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
 
 
 
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