Stead"fast*ly, adv. In a steadfast manner; firmly.
Steadfast believe that whatever God has revealed is infallibly
true.
Wake.
Stead"fast*ness, n. The quality or state of being steadfast; firmness;
fixedness; constancy. "The steadfastness of your faith." Col. ii. 5.
To prove her wifehood and her steadfastness.
Chaucer.
Stead"i*ly (?), adv. In a steady manner.
Stead"i*ness, n. The quality or state of being steady.
Steadiness is a point of prudence as well as of courage.
L'Estrange.
Syn. -- Constancy; resolution; unchangeableness.
Stead"ing (?), n. The brans, stables, cattle-yards, etc., of a farm; --
called also onstead, farmstead, farm offices, or farmery. [Prov. Eng. &
Scot.]
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.
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, 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.
Steak (?), n. [OE. steike, Icel. steik, akin to Icel. steikja to roast,
stikna to be roasted or scorched, and E. stick, the steak being broiled
on a spit. See Stick, v. t.] A slice of beef, broiled, or cut for
broiling; -- also extended to the meat of other large animals; as,
venison steak; bear steak; pork steak; turtle steak.
Steal (?), n. [See Stale a handle.] A handle; a stale, or stele.
[Archaic or Prov. Eng.]
And in his hand a huge poleax did bear. Whose steale was
iron-studded but not long.
Spenser.
Steal (?), v. t. [imp. Stole (?); p. p. Stolen (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Stealing.] [OE. stelen, AS. stelan; akin to OFries. stela, D. stelen,
OHG. stelan, G. stehlen, Icel. stela, SW. stjäla, Dan. stiæle, Goth.
stilan.] 1. To take and carry away, feloniously; to take without right
or leave, and with intent to keep wrongfully; as, to steal the personal
goods of another.
Maugre thy heed, thou must for indigence Or steal, or borrow, thy
dispense.
Chaucer.
The man who stole a goose and gave away the giblets in &?;lms.
G. Eliot.
2. To withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence, to creep
furtively, or to insinuate.
They could insinuate and steal themselves under the same by their
humble carriage and submission.
Spenser.
He will steal himself into a man's favor.
Shak.