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单词 staithe
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staithen.

Brit. /steɪð/, U.S. /steɪð/
Forms: Old English stæþ (dative staþe, stæþe), Middle English steþ, Middle English staþe, Middle English–1700s (1800s Dicts.) stathe, 1500s stath, 1600s stayth, (plural) stayes, 1700s steath(e, 1500s–1800s staith, 1500s– staithe; also 1800s dialect steeth, stay, etc.: see Eng. Dial. Dict.
Etymology: In sense 1, representing Old English stæþ neuter (? once masculine) = Old Saxon stađ bank, shore, Old High German stad (masculine), neuter (Middle High German stat , inflected stad- , modern German dialect staa ), Gothic staþa dative (masculine or neuter) < Germanic *staþo- < *sta- : see stand v. In senses 2, 3, which are not evidenced in Old English and are current only in districts where Scandinavian influence is strong, the word probably represents (or has coalesced with) the cognate Old Norse stǫð feminine ( < *staþwō) landing-stage (Norwegian stød). Compare also Old High German stado weak masculine (Middle High German stade, modern German dialect staden) and Middle High German gistat neuter (modern German gestade) landing-place.
Now local.
1. The land bordering on water, a bank, shore.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > [noun]
staithec893
cliffeOE
overeOE
wartha1000
strandc1000
brimc1275
brinka1300
rivagec1330
water bankc1384
cleevea1387
watersidea1387
clifta1398
rival?a1400
shorec1400
water breach1495
common shorea1568
verge1606
praia1682
riva1819
splash zone1933
c893 tr. Orosius Hist. i. i. §22 Of ðæm mere ðe Truso standeð in staðe.
OE Riddle 2 6 Streamas staþu beatað.
OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker MS.) an. 894 Æt Butting tune on Sæferne staþe.
OE Riddle 22 19 Brohte hwæþre beornas ofer burnan ond hyra bloncan mid from stæðe heaum.
c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 177 Ripa, stæþ. [11.. p. 546 steþ.]
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4 He wonede at Ernleȝe..vppen Seuarne staþe.
2. A landing-stage, wharf; esp. a waterside depôt for coals brought from the collieries for shipment, furnished with staging and shoots for loading vessels.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > wharf or quay
wharf10..
staithe1338
quay1399
lading1594
staithe1613
bankshall1681
riverfront1751
dock1817
riva1819
embarcadero1850
landing-quay1861
1338 Orig. Chartulary of Tinmouth Monastery f. 172, in J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle (1789) II. 255 Domus quam predictus prior et suus conventus..habent in predicta villa Novi Castri super le Stathes.
c1390 in Gross Gild Merch. II. 169 [Lynn Regis] Unam communem placeam vocatam le commen stathe cum pertinenciis.
1420 in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 17 We, serchours of the masons and wryghtes of the cite of York..awarde and deme yt a lyne be drawn straight fra ye corner of ye stathe of ye chauntery..un to ye nexte corner of ye stathe of ye common place.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 473/1 Stathe, waterys syde, stacio.
1519 in Archaeologia (1834) 25 418 For caryeng of ye same ij cads [of Red Heryngs] to ye Common Stathe, ij d.
1653 Lieut. Col. Lilb. Tryed & Cast 4 [He] sold a thousand pounds worth of Coales that were upon the Staithes.
?1677 S. Primatt City & Covntry Purchaser & Builder 26 You may consider what Stayths or Wharffs there be upon the River.
1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 19 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) The Rivers are not Navigable for Ships, so high as the Keys or Coal-Steaths.
1833 H. Martineau Tale of Tyne i. 1 Train after train of coal-waggons slid by on the rail-road from the pit to the staithe.
1862 S. Smiles Lives Engineers III. 11 Arrived at the staiths, the waggons are emptied at once into the ships waiting alongside for cargo.
1905 Times 4 Mar. 9/6 At midnight last night the River Tyne Commissioners' new staithes..were totally destroyed by fire.
3. An embankment.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > embankment or dam > [noun]
wharf1038
causeyc1330
wall1330
bulwark1555
scut1561
weir1599
mound1613
staithe1613
breastwork1641
embankment1786
bund1813
sheath1850
fleet-dyke1858
sheathing1867
causeway1878
flood-bank1928
stopbank1950
society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > wharf or quay
wharf10..
staithe1338
quay1399
lading1594
staithe1613
bankshall1681
riverfront1751
dock1817
riva1819
embarcadero1850
landing-quay1861
1613 A. Standish New Direct. 16 Especially in the Riuer of Owes, where the maintaining of Stayes and Bankes, costeth the Bishops of Durham at least a hundred Marke a yeare.
1698 A. de la Pryme Diary (1870) i. 185 Their tyde..is fenced out with huge stathes, for if all the water might be suffered to come in that would, it would..dround..the whole Levels.
1839 W. B. Stonehouse Hist. Isle of Axholme 52 The fertility of the soil..would induce the inhabitants..by means of staiths and embankments, to reclaim the land thus formed.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Staithes, masonry to prevent the ground as a foundation from being washed away.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

staithev.

Brit. /steɪð/, U.S. /steɪð/
Etymology: < staithe n.
dialect.
transitive. To furnish with a staithe; to embank.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > embankment or dam > [verb (transitive)]
levee1832
staithe1839
embank1872
1839 W. B. Stonehouse Hist. Isle of Axholme 20 Considerable attempts must have been made, even at this early period to staith and embank the Trent.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby It was well steeath'd; i.e. strengthened by masonry.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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