firm footed

Having firm or sure foothold; standing firmly or surely. firm-set, a. Fixed firmly; firm. *firm, *ferm-en, v . t . & i. [O. Fr. fermer ; Prov. fermar; Ital. fermare ; O. Sp. & Port. firmar , from Lat. firmo to make firm or secure; firm us =firm.] A. Transitive: 1. To fix firmly or steadily. "[He] upon his cards and compa firms his eye, The masters of his long experiment." Spenser: F. Q., II. vii. 1. firolidæ fir-ma-men-tal, a. [Eng. firmament; al.] Of or pertaining to the firmament; celestial; being of the upper regions. fir-man, or fir-man', 8. [Pers. farmán =a mandate: cogn. with Sansc. pramána a measure, a scale, an authority, from pra = Pers. far , Gr. pro , before, and ma =to measure, with suff. -ana ( Skeat ).] A decree, mandate, or order of an Eastern monarch, as of the Sultan of Turkey, i ued for any purpose, as a pa port, a permit, a license. . A firman differs from a Hatti-sherif in that the former is signed by any minister, while the latter is confirmed by the hand of the sovereign himself, and is therefore considered irrevocable. *firm-ance, *ferm-ançe, s. [Fr. fermance.] State of confinement. *fir-ma-ry, s. [FIRM, a.] Old Eng. Law The right of a tenant to his lands and tenements. *firm-a-tion, s. [Low Lat. firmatio , from firm a tus , pa. par. of firmo .] The act of fixing or making fixed, firm or steady. *firm-er, s. [Eng. firm , v.; -er.] One who or that which makes firm or steady.