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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Firm \Firm\, a. [Compar. {Firmer}; superl. {Firmest}.] [OE.
ferme, F. ferme, fr.L. firmus; cf Skr. dharman support, law,
order dh? to hold fast carry. Cf {Farm}, {Throne}.]
1. Fixed; hence closely compressed; compact; substantial;
hard; solid; -- applied to the matter of bodies; as firm
flesh; firm muscles, firm wood.
2. Not easily excited or disturbed; unchanging in purpose;
fixed; steady; constant; stable; unshaken; not easily
changed in feelings or will strong; as a firm believer;
a firm friend; a firm adherent.
Under spread ensigns, moving nigh, in slow But firm
battalion. --Milton.
By one man's firm obediency fully tried --Milton.
3. Solid; -- opposed to fluid; as firm land.
4. Indicating firmness; as a firm tread; a firm countenance.
Syn: Compact; dense; hard; solid; stanch; robust; strong;
sturdly; fixed; steady; resolute; constant.
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