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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[91][?][?]ig, steady (in
      gest[91][?][?]ig), D. stedig, stadig, steeg, G. st[84]tig,
      stetig. See {Stead}, n.]
      1. Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking;
            fixed; firm. [bd]The softest, steadiest plume.[b8]
            --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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