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steadiment rare.|ˈstɛdɪmənt|
[f. steady v. + -ment.]
A means of steadying; also, the condition of being steadied.
1810Bentham Offic. Apt. Maximized, Def. Econ. (1830) 67 Instrument attempted to be made for the ‘fixing himself in power’, Burke's East India Bill: a steadiment, containing in it a sort of pump, contrived for drawing from the East Indies the matter of wealth... His grand instrument of steadiment and ‘fixation’ having failed. 1878Sir G. Scott Lect. Archit. I. vi. 227 Its footing on the capital..requires as much steadiment as possible. Ibid., To give greater steadiment to the foot of the arch. 1894Adm. Elliot in Morn. Post 15 May, The wonderful steadiment produced by the clutch of the side keels of Hodgetts' patent form of vessel. |