FIRM

Fixed; hence, closely compressed; compact; substantial; hard; solid; -- applied to the matter of bodies; as, firm flesh; firm muscles, firm wood.

Not easily excited or disturbed; unchanging in purpose; fixed; steady; constant; stable; unshaken; not easily changed in feelings or will; strong; as, a firm believer; a firm friend; a firm adherent. Under spread ensigns, moving nigh, in slow But firm battalion. Milton. By one man's firm obediency fully tried. Milton.

Solid; -- opposed to fluid; as, firm land.

Indicating firmness; as, a firm tread; a firm countenance.

The name, title, or style, under which a company transacts business; a partnership of two or more persons; a commercial house; as, the firm of Hope & Co.

To fix; to settle; to confirm; to establish. [Obs.] And Jove has firmed it with an awful nod. Dryden.

To fix or direct with firmness. [Obs.] He on his card and compass firms his eye. Spenser.