† mesesteadn.

Forms:

α. 1500s meastead, 1500s mestede, 1500s–1600s meestead, 1600s misted, 1600s–1700s measestead, 1600s–1700s mested.

β. 1600s meerstead, 1800s merestead.

γ. 1600s meadstead, 1600s–1800s midstead.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mese n.², stead n.

Etymology: < mese n.² + stead n. The β and γ forms are probably due to association with mere n.² and mead n.² respectively.

Obsolete. Chiefly U.S.

A mese, a messuage; a farmstead.

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the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > a piece of land > messuage

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α.

1546 Commissioners County of York (1894) I. 179 One mestede in Exthorpe.

1590 Court Rolls Manor of Dewsbury in Notes & Queries (1900) 5 May 349/2 A messuage or tenement called a meestead or the Newe Walles.

1622 MS Indenture Sir R. Swifte's Estate at Doncaster All those several meesteads as they now lie unbuilt upon and walled in from the street.

1633 in New Plymouth Colony Rec. (1855) I. 16 Richard Higgens hath bought of Thomas Little his now dwelling house and misted.

a1704 A. de la Pryme Diary (1870) App. 316 A larg map of y^e whole parish, having every field, ingg, close, mested, croft, cavel, intack, &c...in it.

1714 London Gaz. No. 5204/8 A Messuage or Measestead, where a House or Barn formerly stood.

β. c1620 in New Plymouth Colony Rec. (1861) XII. 3 The meersteads & garden plotes of [those] which came first.1858 H. W. Longfellow Courtship Miles Standish viii. 4 Busy with hewing and building, with garden-plot and with mere-stead.1883 New-Eng. Historical & Geneal. Reg. XXXVII. 277 Peter Brown, whose first house and ‘meerstead’ was on the south side of Leyden Street.γ. 1637 in New Plymouth Colony Rec. (1855) I. 57 A midstead is graunted to George Russell in the towne of Plymouth.1640 in New Plymouth Colony Rec. (1855) I. 145 Willm Sherman is graunted a meadstead about the Stoney Brooke, in Duxborrow.1896 Notes & Queries 31 Oct. 349/1 In the township of Royston, near Barnsley, there are eighteen freeholders..known as ‘midstead owners’.1896 Notes & Queries 12 Dec. 470/1 A certain number of houses were known as ‘midstead houses’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	mesestead
释义	† mesesteadn. Forms: α. 1500s meastead, 1500s mestede, 1500s–1600s meestead, 1600s misted, 1600s–1700s measestead, 1600s–1700s mested. β. 1600s meerstead, 1800s merestead. γ. 1600s meadstead, 1600s–1800s midstead. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mese n.², stead n. Etymology: < mese n.² + stead n. The β and γ forms are probably due to association with mere n.² and mead n.² respectively. Obsolete. Chiefly U.S. A mese, a messuage; a farmstead. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > a piece of land > messuage mese1402 messuagec1405 mese-placea1440 mesestead1546 messuage stead1546 α. 1546 Commissioners County of York (1894) I. 179 One mestede in Exthorpe. 1590 Court Rolls Manor of Dewsbury in Notes & Queries (1900) 5 May 349/2 A messuage or tenement called a meestead or the Newe Walles. 1622 MS Indenture Sir R. Swifte's Estate at Doncaster All those several meesteads as they now lie unbuilt upon and walled in from the street. 1633 in New Plymouth Colony Rec. (1855) I. 16 Richard Higgens hath bought of Thomas Little his now dwelling house and misted. a1704 A. de la Pryme Diary (1870) App. 316 A larg map of y^e whole parish, having every field, ingg, close, mested, croft, cavel, intack, &c...in it. 1714 London Gaz. No. 5204/8 A Messuage or Measestead, where a House or Barn formerly stood. β. c1620 in New Plymouth Colony Rec. (1861) XII. 3 The meersteads & garden plotes of [those] which came first.1858 H. W. Longfellow Courtship Miles Standish viii. 4 Busy with hewing and building, with garden-plot and with mere-stead.1883 New-Eng. Historical & Geneal. Reg. XXXVII. 277 Peter Brown, whose first house and ‘meerstead’ was on the south side of Leyden Street.γ. 1637 in New Plymouth Colony Rec. (1855) I. 57 A midstead is graunted to George Russell in the towne of Plymouth.1640 in New Plymouth Colony Rec. (1855) I. 145 Willm Sherman is graunted a meadstead about the Stoney Brooke, in Duxborrow.1896 Notes & Queries 31 Oct. 349/1 In the township of Royston, near Barnsley, there are eighteen freeholders..known as ‘midstead owners’.1896 Notes & Queries 12 Dec. 470/1 A certain number of houses were known as ‘midstead houses’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1546
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