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Webster 1913 Edition

(stēd)

Noun.

[OE.

stede

, AS.

stēda

a stud-horse, war horse, fr.

stōd

a stud of breeding steeds; akin to G.

stute

a mare, Icel.

stedda

stōð

, a stud. √163. See

of horses.]

A horse, especially a spirited horse for state or war; – used chiefly in poetry or stately prose.

“A knight upon a steed.”

Chaucer.

Mounted upon a hot and fiery

steed

Shakespeare

Noun.

A horse, or a hose for state or war. [This word is not much used in common discourse. It is used in poetry and descriptive prose, and is elegant.]

Stout are our men, and warlike are our steeds.