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One who fashions, forms, ar gives shape to anything. [R.] The fashioner had accomplished his task, and the dresses were brought home. Sir W. Scott.

eave together, by any means; as, to fasten boards together with nails or cords; to fasten anything in our thoughts. The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas fastened to them. Swift.

Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc.

Anything that fails, that is wanting, or that impairs excellence; a failing; a defect; a blemish. As patches set upon a little breach Discredit more in hiding of the fault. Shak.

Furnished with anything featherlike; ornamented; fringed; as, land feathered with trees.

The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic; as, one of the features of the landscape. And to her service bind each living creature Through secret understanding of their feature. Spenser.

To have perception by the touch, or by contact of anything with the nerves of sensation, especially those upon the surface of the body.

Anything, as a proposal, observation, etc., put forth or thrown out in order to ascertain the views of others; something tentative.

To make a defense; to guard one's self of anything, as against an attack; to give protection or security, as by a fence. Vice is the more stubborn as well as the more dangerous evil, and therefore, in the first place, to be fenced against. Locke.

bitter cold. Dryden. To fend off a boat or vessel (Naut.), to prevent its running against anything with too much violence.

Anything serving as a cushion to lessen the shock when a vessel comes in contact with another vessel or a wharf.

A garland or wreath hanging in a depending curve, used in decoration for festivals, etc.; anything arranged in this way.

Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint. Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound. Dryden.

A wooden or metal bar or pin, used to support or steady anything.

To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance. To fight shy, to avoid meeting fairly or at close quarters; to keep out of reach.

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance. Flowers have all exquisite figures. Bacon.

Anything employed to smooth, polish, or rasp, literally or figuratively. Mock the nice touches of the critic's file. Akenside.

Foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; nastiness.

Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially, a deposit, discovered by archæologists, of objects of prehistoric or unknown origin.

Anything that does work of a finger; as, the pointer of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; especially (Mech.) a small projecting rod, wire, or piece, which is brought into contact with an object to effect, direct, or restrain a motion.