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Sandys. If we are idle, and disturb the industrious in their business, we shall ruin the faster. Locke.

To make progress; to proceed; to pass. As fast as our time runs, we should be very glad in most part of our lives that it ran much faster. Addison.

A tool on which lenses are fastened in a group, for polishing or grinding.

Serious; grave; sober; steadfast; not light or frivolous. [Obs.] "Ripe and sad courage." Bacon. Which treaty was wisely handled by sad and discrete counsel of both parties. Ld. Berners.

comfortably a horse's back, furnished with stirrups for the rider's feet to rest in, and fastened in place with a girth; also, a seat for the rider on a bicycle or tricycle.

-- with qualifying words descriptive of speed or manner of sailing; as, a heavy sailer; a fast sailer.

Paper covered on one side with sand glued fast, -- used for smoothing and polishing.

To cut, as a saw; as, the saw or mill saws fast.

nder Ganoid. -- Scale armor (Mil.), armor made of small metallic scales overlapping, and fastened upon leather or cloth. -- Scale beetle (Zoöl.), the tiger beetle. -- Scale carp (Zoöl.), a carp having normal scales. -- Scale insect (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of small hemipterous insects belonging to the f…

To walk fast; to go quickly; to run hastily away. [Colloq. & Humorous, U.S.]

ion of extreme contempt. Every sullen frown and bitter scorn But fanned the fuel that too fast did burn. Dryden.

e the end of the screw-driver. Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to fasten something; -- called also wood screws, and screw nails. See also Screw bolt, below.

Nice; particular; fastidious; excellent; fine. [Slang]

driven swiftly by the wind. Borne on the scud of the sea. Longfellow. The scud was flying fast above us, throwing a veil over the moon. Sir S. Baker.

, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenient for use. The sharp-edged scythe shears up the spiring grass. Dryden. The scythe of Time mows down. Milton.

That which seals or fastens; esp., the wax or wafer placed on a letter or other closed paper, etc., to fasten it.

See Sew to fasten with thread.]

To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping; as, to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship.

o close the eyes of (a hawk or other bird) by drawing through the lids threads which were fastened over the head. Bacon. Fools climbs to fall: fond hopes, like seeled doves for want of better light, mount till they end their flight with falling. J. Reading.

To fasten; to fix. [Obs.] As when a bear hath seized her cruel claws Upon the carcass of some beast too weak. Spenser.