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steady Nfld 
n. See 1792 quote.
- 1792 Steady in a river. A part where the bed widens, inclining to a pond, and there is no perceptible stream.
- 1842 I understand from a salmon-fisher, the only person inhabiting the neighbourhood, that a succession of "steadies," with occasional rapids, may be met with for twelve miles farther.
- 1912 The brooks and shallow steadies were now full up from the heavy rains, so we pole where we had to portage coming in.
- 1963 [Tourist Folder] The falls on County Cat are 3 and 8 miles from the forks and beyond the falls are a series of steadies which are reported to hold large numbers of salmon.
- 1792 Steady in a river. A part where the bed widens, inclining to a pond, and there is no perceptible stream.