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steed | stied |

As a noun steed

is (archaic|poetic) a stallion, especially in the sense of mount.

As a verb stied is

(sty).

steed

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic, poetic) A stallion, especially in the sense of mount.
    • ''The studded bridle on a ragged bough
    ''Nimbly she fastens: -- O, how quick is love! --
    ''The steed is stalled up, and even now
    ''To tie the rider she begins to prove:
    ''Backward she push'd him, as she would be thrust,
    And govern'd him in strength, though not in lust. — Shakespeare, "Venus and Adonis".

    See also

    * horse

    Anagrams

    * ----

    stied

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (sty)

    • Anagrams

    *

    sty

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (sties)
  • A pen or enclosure for swine.
  • (figurative) A messy, dirty or debauched place.
  • * Milton
    • To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty .
    Synonyms
    * (enclosure for swine) pigpen, pigsty * (messy or dirty place) hovel, pigsty

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To place in, or as if in, a sty.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • To live in a sty, or any messy or dirty place.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), .

    Alternative forms

    * stee, stie, stigh

    Verb

  • (label) To ascend, rise up, climb.
  • * 1395 , (John Wycliffe), Bible , Isaiah LIII:
    • And he schal stie as a ?erde bifor him, and as a roote fro þirsti lond.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.xi:
    • The beast impatient of his smarting wound, / And of so fierce and forcible despight, / Thought with his wings to stye aboue the ground [...].
    Derived terms
    * *

    Noun

    (sties)
  • A ladder.

    • Etymology 3

    Probably a .

    Alternative forms

    * stye

    Noun

    (sties)
  • (label) An inflammation of the eyelid.