a. Staid; fixed; settled; sober; -- now written staid. See Staid. Bacon. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Staidly. See Staidly. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. One who upholds or supports that which props; one who, or that which, stays, stops, or restrains; also, colloquially, a horse, man, etc., that has endurance, as in a race. [ 1913 Webster ]