firm flesh; firm muscles, firm wood; firm land (i.e. not soft and marshy)

a multihandicapped child

Encouraging men to caregive in their own way is a win-win for all.

But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window[…], and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.