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pot, in general. [Obs., except in composition.] Chaucer. Fly, therefore, fly this fearful stead anon. Spenser.

Firmly fixed or established; fast fixed; firm. "This steadfast globe of earth." Spenser.

In a steadfast manner; firmly. Steadfast believe that whatever God has revealed is infallibly true. Wake.

The quality or state of being steadfast; firmness; fixedness; constancy. "The steadfastness of your faith." Col. ii. 5. To prove her wifehood and her steadfastness. Chaucer.

In a steady manner.

The quality or state of being steady. Steadiness is a point of prudence as well as of courage. L'Estrange.

The brans, stables, cattle-yards, etc., of a farm; -- called also onstead, farmstead, farm offices, or farmery. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm. "The softest, steadiest plume." Keble. Their feet steady, their hands diligent, their eyes watchful, and their hearts resolute. Sir P. Sidney.

A framework for supporting a bed.

ondition; to circumstance; to place. [Only in p. p.] They shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: . . . and curse their king and their God. Is. viii. 21. Many far worse bestead than ourselves. Barrow.

Entrance or place of a door. [Obs. or Local] Bp. Warburton.

A farm with the building upon it; a homestead on a farm. Tennyson. With its pleasant groves and farmsteads. Carlyle.

A farmstead. [Scot.] Black.

That part of the body where the girdle is worn. [Obs.] Sheathed, beneath his girdlestead. Chapman.

The home or seat of a family; place of origin. We can trace them back to a homestead on the Rivers Volga and Ural. W. Tooke.

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. [Local, U.S.]

by of. Let thistles grow of wheat. Job xxxi. 40. Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab. 2 Sam. xvii. 25.

Connecticut; -- a nickname alluding to the moral character of its inhabitants, implied by the rigid laws (see Blue laws) of the early period.

A market place. [Obs.] Drayton.

The land within the boundaries of a farm; a farmstead or farm. [Archaic.] Longfellow.