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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Steady  \Stead"y\,  a.  [Compar.  {Steadier};  superl.  {Steadiest}.] 
  [Cf.  AS  stedig  sterile,  barren,  st[ae]??ig,  steady  (in 
  gest[ae]??ig),  D.  stedig  stadig,  steeg,  G.  st["a]tig, 
  stetig  See  {Stead},  n.] 
  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.




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