Definition of fasten

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Fasten (v. i.) To fix one's self; to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling.

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Surcingled :: Surcingle (n.) The girdle of a cassock, by which it is fastened round the waist..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or harness, by means of a strap passing through the frame and pierced by the tongue..
Giggyng :: Giggyng (n.) The act of fastending the gige or leather strap to the shield.
Hasp :: Hasp (n.) A clasp, especially a metal strap permanently fast at one end to a staple or pin, while the other passes over a staple, and is fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a metallic hook for fastening a door..
Guard :: Guard (n.) To fasten by binding; to gird.
Lace :: Lace (v. t.) To fasten with a lace; to draw together with a lace passed through eyelet holes; to unite with a lace or laces, or, figuratively. with anything resembling laces..
Strany :: Strangury (n.) A swelling or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a ligature fastened tightly about it..
Infibulation :: Infibulation (n.) The act of clasping, or fastening, as with a buckle or padlock..
Fluke :: Fluke (n.) The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor.
Treenail :: Treenail (n.) A long wooden pin used in fastening the planks of a vessel to the timbers or to each other.
Kilted :: Kilted (a.) Tucked or fastened up; -- said of petticoats, etc..
Cucking Stool :: Cucking stool () A kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds, and also dishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in front of their doors, to be pelted and hooted at by the mob, but sometimes to be taken to the water and ducked; -- called also a castigatory, a tumbrel, and a trebuchet; and often, but not so correctly, a ducking stool..
Grapple :: Grapple (v. t.) To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join indissolubly..
Jig :: "Jig (n.) A contrivance fastened to or inclosing a piece of work, and having hard steel surfaces to guide a tool, as a drill, or to form a shield or templet to work to, as in filing..
Bitts :: Bitts (n. pl.) A frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship, on which to fasten the cables as the ship rides at anchor, or in warping. Other bitts are used for belaying (belaying bitts), for sustaining the windlass (carrick bitts, winch bitts, or windlass bitts), to hold the pawls of the windlass (pawl bitts) etc..
Queue :: Queue (v. t.) To fasten, as hair, in a queue..
Earing :: Earing (n.) A line fastening the corners of an awning to the rigging or stanchions.
Forelock :: Forelock (n.) A cotter or split pin, as in a slot in a bolt, to prevent retraction; a linchpin; a pin fastening the cap-square of a gun..
Mattress :: Mattress (n.) A quilted bed; a bed stuffed with hair, moss, or other suitable material, and quilted or otherwise fastened..
Seizing :: Seizing (n.) The operation of fastening together or lashing.
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