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Show ST ST 80 hard thefe heavenly beauties be enfir'd There fell down many flain, and they dwelt i 1 Chrone Ve22 their fleads until the captivity Nor do the bold'ft attempts bring fort Events ftill equal to their worth But fometimes fail, and i» their fea The more of fteadfaft minds to be admir'd The more they ftayed be on fedfaftnefs 2, Firmnefs ; conftancy; refolution Stea'pILY Dryden To livid palenefs turns the glowing red to be o 70 ffand in flead So fleadily does fickle fortune ftee Th' obedient orb that it fhould never etr. Blackm A comp'ete man hath fome parts, whereof th want could not deprive him of his effence; yet t have them ffandeth him in fingular fead, in refpec Hooker of fpec'al ufes He makes his underftanding the warehoufe o Jumbe rathe tha a repofitory of truth STEA'DINESS. 2. /i [from fleady. 1. State of being not tottering nor eafil thaken 2. Firmnefs ; conftancy whic will ffand him ir flead when he has occafion fo Locke it The fmalleft act of charity fhall fand us in grea Atterbury's Sermons ead John got the better of his cholerick temper, an wrought himfelf up to a great feadinefs of mind to purfue his intereft through all impediments Arbuthnot 4. The frame of a bed 3. Conlfiftent unvaried condué& The genial bed Steadinef Sallow the feet, the borders, and the ffed. Dryden Steap bein Sted i nam th o bour, it is to be derived from yzade Their feet fleady 2. Regular ; conftant; undeviating ; unremitted H 3. Not wavering ; not fickle ; not changeable with regard to refolution or attention Shakefpeare Rich garments, linens, ftuffs, and neceffaries ‘Which fince have feaded much. Shakefp. Tempeft Can you {o flead m As bring me to the fight of Ifabella? Shakefpeare Your friendly aid and counfel much may fea Rowwe Obfolete We fhall advife this wronged maid to fead u your appointment, and go in your place. Shakefp STEA'DFAST. adj. [ flead and fa1. 1. Faftin place; firm ; fixed Spenfer Laws ought to be like ftony tables, plain, feadSaf, and immoveable Spenfer's State of Ireland How rev'rend is the face of this tall pile mafl pillars rear their age head To bear alof its arch'd and pond'rous roof By its ow weight made ffeadfaft and immoveable Looking tranquillity ! it ftrikés an aw An terrour on my aking fight Congreve 2. Conftant ; refolute I hope he faithfu t ftubborn heart to bend thy neighbou i hi poverty abide fedfafl unto him in the time of his trouble Ecclus. xxii. 23 Him refift, fedfaft in the faith 1 Petavag 3. Not turned afide by fear What form of death could him affright ‘Who, unconcern'd, with fedfaft figh Could view the furges mounting fteep And montfters rclling in the deep Dryden SteaA'DFASTLY. adw Firmly5 conftantly Now clear T underftan What oft my fleadief} thoughts have fearch'd in vain Milton Steady to my pyinciples, and not difpirited wit my afHictions, I have, by the blefling of God overcome all difficulties Dryden's Aincid A clear fight keeps the underftanding feady Steak. 7. /. [ fyck, Iflandick and Erfe, piece; feta, Swedifh, to boil.] A f{lic of fleth broiled or fried ; a collop The furgeon protefted he had cured him ver well, and offered to eat the firft fake of him. Tatler Fair ladies who contriv To feaft on ale and Sfrakes ' Swift 7o STEAL «. a. preterite I fole, part pafl. ffolen. [ycelan, Sax. ffelen, Dutch. 1. To take by theft ; to take clandeftinely to take without right To feal, gene rally implies fecrecy ; to 706, either fe -And that it then more fledfaft will endure. Spenfer B Variety of objeéts has a tendency to ,gd a the mind from its fteady purfuit of an);,}fu[fj:g 70 STEAL. w. 7 [from feadfaf. ience fleadfaftly grafps the greatef and moft flippery wncertainties South's Sermons God's omn ¥n general, fedfaftly believe, that whatever Go hath revealed is infallibly true Walke's Preparatio for Death crecy or violence "Thou ran'ft a tilt in honour of my love And flo/'ft away the ladies hearts of France Shak Thereare fome fhrewd contents in yon fame paper That feal the colour from Baflanio's chee Some dear friend dead, Shak. Merchant of Venice How fhould we ffea/ filver or gold ? Gen. xliv. 8 A fchoolboy finding a bird's fiufh, fhews' it hi companion an he fleals it Shake[peare z. To withdraw or convey without notice The law of England never was properly applie to the Irith, by a purpofed plot of government but as they could infinuate. and flea/ themfelve under the fame by their humble carriage and fub mifl1ioin.ha Yo Spenfer Let 's fhift away; there 's warrant in that thef Wiiich fteals itfelf when there's no mercy left Sl'z:/l't_‘/}'mre STEA'DFASTNESS. n. /. [from feadfaft.) | 3. To gain or effelt by private and gra1. Immutability; fixednefs dual means 1. To withdraw privily; to pafs filently Fix of mind to avoid further entreaty, and fly all company, one night fhe fle away. ,S,‘ My lord of Amiens and myfel Did fieal behind him as he lay alon Under an oak I cannot think it Sbalepeare That he would ffeal away fo guilty like Seeing you coming Shakefpears's Othell i The moft peaceable way, if you take a thief is to let him fhew what he is, and Jreal ot of you company Shatkefpears At time that lovers flights doth #ill conceal Through Athens' gate have we devis'd to Jeal Shakefpeare In my condud fhall your ladies come who you now muft ffea/ and take no leave Shakefpeare Others, weary of the long journey, lingerin behind, were flo/en away; and they which wer left, moiled with dirt and mire = = Kulle A brid Should vanifh from her clothes into her bed, As fouls from bodies ffeal, and are not fpy'd, Donne The vapour of charcoal hath killed many; an it is the more dangerous, becaufe it cometh with out any ill {mell, and ffealeth. on by little and little Bacon's Nataral Hiftry A foft and folemn breathing foun Rofe like a fteam of rich diftill'd perfumes And ffole upon the air, that even filenc Milt Was took ere the was ware As wife artifts mix their colours fo That by degrees they from each other go lack fleals unheeded from the neighb'ring white Dryden So on us flole our blefied change At atime when he had no fteward, he fialz away Swift Locke Such was this giant's fall, that feem'd to fhak This fledfaft globe of earth, as it for fear did quake Whof fails "tween worlds and worlds with fead wing Milton Steer the bounding bark with ffeady toil VWhen the florm thickens and the billows boil. Pope It nothing fleads u 2. To fill the place of another their hands diligent, their eye :91,",} They hate being alone, for fear fom aff] };:{ apprehenfions thould ffeal or force theiy waygintm Fro watchful, and their hearts refolute Sidney me of prudence as well as o 1. Firm; fixed; not tottering We are neither in {kill, nor ability of power To chide him from our eyes Stole her foul Withgmany vzoows' of fait And ne'er a true one : a Were it not that my fellow-fchool Doth watch Bianca's fteps fo narro l STEA'DY. adj. [yrebig, Saxon. thore or ftation for thips. Gibfon's Camd 72 STEAD. w. 2. [from the noun. 1. To help; to advantage; to fupport A word fomewhat obfolete to aflit greatly to fiead you is a poin courage L'Eftrange A friend is ufeful to form an undertaking, an fecure fleadinefs of condu& Collier of Friendfbip place that is diftant from any river comes from the Saxon yeed, yzyo, place; but if it be upon a river or har adv. [from fleady. 2. Without variation or irregularity great ufe; to help ; to advantage Lore *Twere good to fleal our marriage Sin has a tendency to bring men under evils unlefs hindered by fome accident, which no ma can fleadily build upon South's Sermons Now cold defpair fucceeding in her flead help Spenf 1. Without tottering ; without fhaking And his face kindled I'ke a burning coal . Ufe Youn As things divine, leaft pafiions do imprefs Butler Fortune and cowardice fucceed Jealoufy then fir'd his foul ST No his fierce eyes with fparkling fury glow Now fighs ffeal out, and tears begin to flow. Pope theft 2. To praltif to play the "thief to take any thing thievifhly ; to hav the habit of thieving i Stealing is the taking trom another whatis his 'L"kfi without his knowledge or aliowance The good humou --Convey phrafe is to fleal at 2 minute's reft the wife it call; ffzal! 2 fico for th Shalefpeare STEA'LER. 7 / [ from feal. Onewh The tranigreilion is in the fealer Shakefpeart fteals ; a thief | STEA'LINGLY. adw. [from flealing.] Shily by invifible motion; by fecret prafl}cj They wete diverfe motions, they did m/iwmge CV W‘; par e lat th a r th an in on {li So' th ce di l co ey th or be ha i it was ended STEALTH. 2. /. [_fromfieal. 1. The a& of ftealing; theft ch be ha t lt fe th ve pr The owne mitted upon him by fuc}; an OF‘JEW, air}gn: i ' beebe n found i epr g']rtl of's t S flef ion Sponf th pofi th e tl nm em em ua mu o al fl Th a' [; l% ;a mS tt wr 1 f gr to te ra With ch fha es ro re no th da re fe th I fnare an sor t pre k wo Their ;;;t;gd.fiealtbs fhal Th gods perfuaded Mercury Spene o, Tlad zh m Im .- ll flc thi Their good ogferver, t |
