stiddy

comparative stiddier · superlative stiddiest

1. pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of steady.

   "Ye got the drop on me," he said; "I ain't got no gun; but look-a here, stranger, that there little B'ar is the only pard I got; he's my stiddy company an' we're almighty fond o' each other.

   1919, Ernest Thompson Seton, Monarch, The Big Bear of Tallac

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   Ma always likes to have me, I'm so patient and stiddy, she says," answered Prue, for the responsibility of this great undertaking did not rest upon her, so she took a cheerful view of things.

   1882, Louisa M. Alcott, Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag VI

present singular third person stiddies · participle present stiddying · participle past stiddied · past stiddied

1. pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of steady.

plural stiddies

1. alternativedialectalAlternative form of stithy.

   On special occasions at Lythe the old stiddy (anvil) is dragged outside and primed with wooden plugs containing gunpowder. When all spectators are well out of any possible danger, the plugs are fired with a prod from an iron pole.

   2003, Howard Peach, Curious Tales of Old North Yorkshire