n. [ AS. staeð a bank, shore, from the root of E. stead. ] A landing place; an elevated staging upon a wharf for discharging coal, etc., as from railway cars, into vessels. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A man employed in weighing and shipping at a staith. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3d pers. sing. pres. of Say. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gael. saoidheam. ] (Zool.) The pollock, or coalfish; -- called also sillock. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]