Part 4189

<blockquote>He, after Eve seduced, unminded slunk Into the wood <b>fast by</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Fast by</b> the throne obsequious Fame resides. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fast</h1> <Xpage=545>

<hw>Fast</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which fastens or holds; especially, <fld>(Naut.)</fld> a mooring rope, hawser, or chain; -- called, according to its position, a <i>bow</i>, <i>head</i>, <i>quarter</i>, <i>breast</i>, or <i>stern fast</i>; also, a post on a pier around which hawsers are passed in mooring.</def>

<h1>Fasten</h1> <Xpage=545>

<hw>Fas"ten</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fastened</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fastening</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>f\'91stnian</ets>; akin to OHG. <ets>festin&omac;n</ets>. See <er>Fast</er>, <tt>a</tt>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; <as>as, to <ex>fasten</ex> a chain to the feet; to <ex>fasten</ex> a door or window.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something , or to cleave together, by any means; <as>as, to <ex>fasten</ex> boards together with nails or cords; to <ex>fasten</ex> anything in our thoughts.</as></def>

<blockquote>The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas <b>fastened</b> to them. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on; <as>as, to <ex>fasten</ex> a blow</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<blockquote>If I can <b>fasten</b> but one cup upon him. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><mcol><col>To fasten a charge</col>, &or; <col>a crime</col>, <col>upon</col></mcol>, <cd>to make his guilt certain, or so probable as to be generally believed.</cd> -- <col>To fasten one's eyes upon</col>, <cd>to look upon steadily without cessation.</cd> <i>Acts iii. 4</i>.</cs>

<syn>Syn. -- To fix; cement; stick; link; affix; annex.</syn>

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<hw>Fas"ten</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To fix one's self; to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling.</def>

<blockquote>A horse leech will hardly <b>fasten</b> on a fish. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fastener</h1> <Xpage=545>

<hw>Fas"ten*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.</def>

<h1>Fastening</h1> <Xpage=545>

<hw>Fas"ten*ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc.</def>

<h1>Faster</h1> <Xpage=545>

<hw>Fast"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who abstains from food.</def>

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<hw>Fast"-hand`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Close-handed; close-fisted; covetous; avaricious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Fasti</h1> <Xpage=545>

<hw>Fas"ti</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.pl.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The Roman calendar, which gave the days for festivals, courts, etc., corresponding to a modern almanac.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Records or registers of important events.</def>