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Definition of Staithes
1. staithe [n] - See also: staithe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Staithes
Literary usage of Staithes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Yorkshire Coast and the Cleveland Hills and Dales by John Leyland (1892)
"Between Skinningrove and staithes rises the mightiest range of cliffs upon the
English coasts, where Boulby lifts his gigantic form to the height of 679 ..."
2. Manual of Geology: Theoretical and Practical by John Phillips (1885)
"Nowhere (except at staithes) is any section comparable to this. The marlstone
and ironstone series unitedly measure 138 feet, or 80 feet for the ironstone ..."
3. Manual of Geology: Theoretical and Practical by John Phillips, Robert Etheridge, Harry Govier Seeley (1885)
"Nowhere (except at staithes) is any section comparable to this. The marlstone
and ironstone series unitedly measure 138 feet, or 80 feet for the ironstone ..."
4. The Book of the Lifeboat: With a Complete History of the Lifeboat Saturday by James C. Dibdin, John Ayling (1894)
"SAVED FROM THE SEA AN INCIDENT OF THE staithes LIFEBOAT CREW ^BOUT six years ago
the staithes lifeboat, after assisting the fishing smacks in a gale, ..."
5. Jubilee Memorial of the Railway System: A History of the Stockton and by James Stephen Jeans (1875)
"staithes for the shipment of coal were provided by the new Middlesbrough owners.
These were described at the time as a great attraction to the curious. ..."
6. Northumberland, and the Border by Walter White (1859)
"... and Coal—Busy staithes—Sights of Ships—Willington Quay—George and Robert
Stephenson—Northumberland Dock—Hudson and Weser— Jarrow Slake—A Venerable ..."
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