Search the Dictionary

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

Fixed foundation; established basis. [Obs.] Custom is the . . . firmament of the law. Jer. Taylor.

Pertaining to the firmament; celestial; being of the upper regions. Dryden.

special objects, as to a traveler to insure him protection and assistance. [Written also firmaun.]

A chisel, thin in proportion to its width. It has a tang to enter the handle instead of a socket for receiving it. Knight.

Strength; stability. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Strength; firmness; stability. [Obs.] Chillingworth.

Detached from substance. [Obs.] Does passion still the firmless mind control Pope.

In a firm manner.

The state or quality of being firm.

The principal rafters of a roof, especially a pair of rafters taken together. [Obs.]

To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; esp. (Law),

Capable of being affirmed, asserted, or declared; -- followed by of; as, an attribute affirmable of every just man.

Confirmation; ratification; confirmation of a voidable act. This statute . . . in affirmance of the common law. Bacon.

One who affirms or asserts.

Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law. Hooker.

Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law.

In an affirmative manner; on the affirmative side of a question; in the affirmative; -- opposed to negatively.

Giving affirmation; assertive; affirmative. Massey.

One who affirms.