a.
There is an order that keeps things fast. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
Outlaws . . . lurking in woods and fast places. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
All this while in a most fast sleep. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fast and loose,
Fast and loose pulleys (Mach.),
Hard and fast (Naut.),
To make fast (Naut.),
adv. [ OE. faste firmly, strongly, quickly, AS. fæste. See Fast, a. ]
We will bind thee fast. Judg. xv. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fast by,
Fast beside
He, after Eve seduced, unminded slunk
Into the wood fast by. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fast by the throne obsequious Fame resides. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. That which fastens or holds; especially, (Naut.) a mooring rope, hawser, or chain; -- called, according to its position, a bow, head, quarter, breast, or stern fast; also, a post on a pier around which hawsers are passed in mooring. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. faste, fast; cf. AS. fæsten, OHG. fasta, G. faste. See Fast, v. i. ]
Surfeit is the father of much fast. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fast day,
To break one's fast,
v. i.
Fasting he went to sleep, and fasting waked. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thou didst fast and weep for the child. 2 Sam. xii. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fasting day,
n. (Baseball) a baseball thrown with maximum velocity.
n. (basketball) a rapid dash to get a shot at one's own basket as soon as possible after taking possession of the ball; -- often occurring after the opposing team has shot at their basket. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]
v. t.
The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas fastened to them. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
If I can fasten but one cup upon him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
To fasten a charge upon
To fasten a crime upon
To fasten one's eyes upon,
v. i. To fix one's self; to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling. [ 1913 Webster ]
A horse leech will hardly fasten on a fish. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.