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a. 1. Resembling beads; small, round, and glistening. “Beady eyes.” Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Covered or ornamented with, or as with, beads. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Characterized by beads; as, beady liquor. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. having eyes that gleam with malice. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ From Head. ] 1. Willful; rash; precipitate; hurried on by will or passion; ungovernable. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the talent required is to be hot, to be heady, -- to be violent on one side or the other. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Apt to affect the head; intoxicating; strong. [ 1913 Webster ]

The liquor is too heady. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Violent; impetuous. “A heady currance.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. Connecticut; -- a nickname alluding to the moral character of its inhabitants, implied by the rigid laws (see Blue laws) of the early period. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Resembling lead. Sir T. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The final preparation and adjustments. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Too ready. -- O"ver*read"*i*ly adv. -- O"ver*read"i*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To dispose in order. [ Obs. ] Heywood. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Readier superl. Readiest. ] [ AS. r&aemacr_;de; akin to D. gereed, bereid, G. bereit, Goth. garáids fixed, arranged, and possibly to E. ride, as meaning originally, prepared for riding. Cf. Array, 1st Curry. ] 1. Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement or action; as, the troops are ready to march; ready for the journey. “When she redy was.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for lack of being prepared or furnished. “Dinner was ready.” Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ]

My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. Matt. xxii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing; free; inclined; disposed. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus. Acts xxi. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

If need be, I am ready to forego
And quit. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert; as, a ready apprehension; ready wit; a ready writer or workman. “Ready in devising expedients.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gurth, whose temper was ready, though surly. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient; near; easy. “The readiest way.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

A sapling pine he wrenched from out the ground,
The readiest weapon that his fury found. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. On the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a following infinitive. [ 1913 Webster ]

My heart is ready to crack. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Mil.) A word of command, or a position, in the manual of arms, at which the piece is cocked and held in position to execute promptly the next command, which is, aim. [ 1913 Webster ]

All ready, ready in every particular; wholly equipped or prepared. “[ I ] am all redy at your hest.” Chaucer. --
Ready money, means of immediate payment; cash. “'T is all the ready money fate can give.” Cowley. --
Ready reckoner, a book of tables for facilitating computations, as of interest, prices, etc. --
To make ready, to make preparation; to get in readiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Prompt; expeditious; speedy; unhesitating; dexterous; apt; skillful; handy; expert; facile; easy; opportune; fitted; prepared; disposed; willing; free; cheerful. See Prompt. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to need no delay. [ 1913 Webster ]

We ourselves will go ready armed. Num. xxxii. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Ready money; cash; -- commonly with the; as, he was well supplied with the ready. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Lord Strut was not flush in ready, either to go to law, or to clear old debts. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order; as, ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having ready wit. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Steadier superl. Steadiest. ] [ Cf. AS. stedig sterile, barren, staeððig, steady (in gestaeððig), D. stedig, stadig, steeg, G. stätig, stetig. See Stead, n. ] 1. Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm. “The softest, steadiest plume.” Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their feet steady, their hands diligent, their eyes watchful, and their hearts resolute. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Constant in feeling, purpose, or pursuit; not fickle, changeable, or wavering; not easily moved or persuaded to alter a purpose; resolute; as, a man steady in his principles, in his purpose, or in the pursuit of an object. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Regular; constant; undeviating; uniform; as, the steady course of the sun; a steady breeze of wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Fixed; regular; uniform; undeviating; invariable; unremitted; stable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Steady rest (Mach), a rest in a turning lathe, to keep a long piece of work from trembling. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Steadied p. pr. & vb. n. Steadying. ] To make steady; to hold or keep from shaking, reeling, or falling; to make or keep firm; to support; to make constant, regular, or resolute. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become steady; to regain a steady position or state; to move steadily. [ 1913 Webster ]

Without a breeze, without a tide,
She steadies with upright keel. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Like thread or filaments; slender; as, the thready roots of a shrub. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Containing, or consisting of, thread. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not ready or prepared; not prompt; slow; awkward; clumsy. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor need the unready virgin strike her breast. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not dressed; undressed. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + ready. ] To undress. [ Obs. ] Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]