Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
fastening .
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Examples
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Charley, the darling of the Neighbourhood is more deared over than all the rest, he possessd the faculty of fastning every body to him.
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Now where as these cyons thus planted are for the most part small and weake, so that the smallest breath of winde doth shake and hurt their rootes, it shalbe good to pricke strong stakes by them, to which, fastning the young plant with a soft hay rope it may the better be defended from stormes and tempests.
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After so long fastning, after so great paines that we had taken, finde ourselves so well by chossing our dyet, and resting when we had a minde to it, 'tis here that we must tast with pleasur a sweet bitt.
Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson Pierre Esprit Radisson 1673
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The Conjurer shaves all his Hair off, except the Crest on the Crown, upon his Ear he wears the skin of some dark colour'd Bird; he, as well as the Priest, is commmonly grim'd with Soot or the like; to save his modesty he hangs an Otter-skin at his Girdle, fastning the Tail between his Legs; upon his Thigh bangs his Pocket, which is fastn'd by tucking it under his Girdle, the bottom of this likewise is fring'd with Tassils for ornament sake.
The History and Present State of Virginia, in Four Parts 1722
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Not forgetting the best tooth-pickers in the world, made of the wood; but above all, the gum for fastning loose-teeth in the gums; the mastick, gather’d from this profitable bush in the Island of Scio; beside other uses: And as the lentisc, so may the
Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees John Evelyn 1663
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