† streadn.
Obsolete rare.
Apparently a constable's ‘beat’ or district.
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stread1518
beat1721
patch1963
1518 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 136 Euery Constable warnyd wythin hys stread euery man to be in the Fen in the mornyng.
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n.1518- to bear a person in heart
- to bear a person in mind
- to bear a person on hand
- to bear a rein upon
- to bear a resemblance to
- to bear a resemblance to formerly also of
- to bear a rout
- to bear a show of
- to bear a similarity to
- to bear a similarity to formerly also of
- to bear a state
- to bear a sway
- to bear a thing a hand
- to bear a thing an hand
- to bear a thing etc
- to bear a thing hard
- to bear a thing heavily
- to bear a thing heavy
- to bear a thing in hand
- to bear a thing in heart
- to bear a thing in mind
- to bear a thing on hand
- to bear a —— mind
- to bear an hand
- to bear and forbear