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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

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Steady

Steady (steady)
a.(?)
Stead"y
[Compar. Steadier (?)] superl. Steadiest.] [Cf. AS. stedig sterile, barren, stæ(?)(?)ig, steady (in gestæ(?)(?)ig
  1. Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm.
    "The softest, steadiest plume." Keble.

    Their feet steady, their hands diligent, their eyes watchful, and their hearts resolute. Sir P. Sidney.

  2. Constant in feeling, purpose, or pursuit; not fickle, changeable, or wavering; not easily moved or persuaded to alter a purpose; resolute; as, a man steady in his principles, in his purpose, or in the pursuit of an object.
  3. Regular; constant; undeviating; uniform; as, the steady course of the sun; a steady breeze of wind.

    Syn. -- Fixed; regular; uniform; undeviating; invariable; unremitted; stable.

    Steady rest (Mach), a rest in a turning lathe, to keep a long piece of work from trembling.


Steady

Steady (steady)
v. t.
Stead"y
  1. To make steady] to hold or keep from shaking, reeling, or falling; to make or keep firm; to support; to make constant, regular, or resolute.

Steady

Steady (steady)
v. i.
Stead"y
  1. To become steady; to regain a steady position or state; to move steadily.

    Without a breeze, without a tide,
    She steadies with upright keel.
    Coleridge.














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