(n.) A landing place; an elevated staging upon a wharf for discharging coal, etc., as from railway cars, into vessels.
Example Sentences:
(1) The party's first TV election broadcast is set in the Yorkshire fishing village of Staithes, voiced by David Tennant, and reportedly meant to be "non-metropolitan".
(2) Try to catch your own fish supper Teach your kids that fish doesn't come out of the sea covered in breadcrumbs on a fishing trip from the ruggedly beautiful harbour town of Staithes in North Yorkshire .
(3) • Near Zennor, St. Ives (01736 796928, gurnardshead.co.uk ); mains £12-£16 The White Horse, Brancaster, Staithe, Norfolk The views from the terrace here, overlooking the salty marshes stretching towards the horizon, have always been fabulous, but it is only in recent years that this formerly chintzy Norfolk pub has made the most of its location.
Stith
Definition:
(a.) Strong; stiff; rigid.
(n.) An anvil; a stithy.
Example Sentences:
(1) 255, 63-71, 1990; Varnold and Smith, Development 109, 597-604, 1990; Stith et al., J.
(2) Two of these studies (Varnold and Smith, 1990; Stith et al., 1991) found a rapid, but transient decrease in the levels of DAG of approximately 25 to 30% within 5 to 30 sec following the addition of progesterone to the oocytes.