Definition of fast

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Fast (v. i.) Voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of time, as a spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious humiliation..

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Infibulation :: Infibulation (n.) The act of clasping, or fastening, as with a buckle or padlock..
Sheephook :: Sheephook (n.) A hook fastened to pole, by which shepherds lay hold on the legs or necks of their sheep; a shepherd's crook..
Daintiness :: Daintiness (n.) The quality of being dainty; nicety; niceness; elegance; delicacy; deliciousness; fastidiousness; squeamishness.
But :: But (v. t.) A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; -- so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge..
Fastness :: Fastness (a.) A fast place; a stronghold; a fortress or fort; a secure retreat; a castle; as, the enemy retired to their fastnesses in the mountains..
Frog :: Frog (v. t.) To ornament or fasten (a coat, etc.) with trogs. See Frog, n., 4..
Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To be suspended or fastened to some elevated point without support from below; to dangle; to float; to rest; to remain; to stay.
Key :: Key (n.) An instrument which is turned like a key in fastening or adjusting any mechanism; as, a watch key; a bed key, etc..
Daintify :: Daintify (v. t.) To render dainty, delicate, or fastidious..
Umbrella :: Umbrella (n.) A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted, or fastened to, a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of being opened and closed with ease. See Parasol..
Broach :: Broach (n.) A clasp for fastening a garment. See Brooch.
Moor :: Moor (v. t.) To fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains; as, the vessel was moored in the stream; they moored the boat to the wharf..
Guest Rope :: Guest rope () The line by which a boat makes fast to the swinging boom.
Morse :: Morse (n.) A clasp for fastening garments in front.
Steadfastly :: Steadfast (a.) Not fickle or wavering; constant; firm; resolute; unswerving; steady.
Steadfast :: Steadfast (a.) Firmly fixed or established; fast fixed; firm.
Stedfast :: Sted (adv.) Alt. of Stedfastl.
Engrain :: Engrain (v. t.) To dye in grain, or of a fast color. See Ingrain..
Tack :: Tack (v. t.) The part of a sail to which the tack is usually fastened; the foremost lower corner of fore-and-aft sails, as of schooners (see Illust. of Sail)..
Set :: Set (v. t.) To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or condition to..
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