Stead"y , v. i. 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.
Stead"y , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Steadied (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Steadying.]
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.
Stead"y (?), a.
[Compar. Steadier (?); superl.
Steadiest.]
[Cf. AS. stedig sterile, barren, stæ&?;&?;ig, steady (in gestæ&?;&?;ig), D.
stedig, stadig, steeg, G.
stätig, 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.
Hear it pronounced