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Definition of Onstead
1. n. A single farmhouse; a steading.
Definition of Onstead
1. Noun. (UK Scotland dialect) A single farmhouse; a steading. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Onstead
1. a farmstead [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Onstead
Literary usage of Onstead
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"onstead, s. A steading.] Add ; " This group of houses, a farmstead and cottages, •now
become ruinous, was, it is said, chosen by Ramsay for ..."
2. The Land of Burns: A Series of Landscapes and Portraits, Illustrative of the by John Wilson, Robert Chambers (1840)
"Mr Miller at the same time agreed to allow the poet £300 for the purpose of
building a suitable onstead (suit of farm buildings) and enclosing the land. ..."
3. A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect: Explanatory, Derivative, and Critical by John Christopher Atkinson (1868)
"A single farm-house is called an onstead.' Halliwell. ' AS on, and sled.' Jam.
On with, To be. To be engaged upon, or with, a thing or person. ..."
4. Local Records: Or, Historical Register of Remarkable Events which Have by Thomas Fordyce (1876)
"... with Butsfield allotments, consisting together of 431 acres, together with
the farm-house and onstead and three cottages—the first offer was £4000; ..."
5. An Historical, Topographical, and Descriptive View of the County of by Eneas Mackenzie (1825)
"... and provide for themselves in the cottages at the onstead. ... who dwell in
cottages belonging to the farm, at the onstead or neighbouring village. ..."
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