noun
Meaning 1
A shore or a riverbank.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Examples
- From staith to staith.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
staith
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Pronunciation
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/steɪθ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -eɪθ
noun
Meaning 2
A landing place; an elevated staging upon a wharf for discharging coal, etc., as from railway cars into vessels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Old Norse stǫð, from Proto-Germanic *staþwō.