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A basket made of rushes or flags, as for carrying fish. [Obs.] Spenser.

The edible viscera, as the heart, liver, etc., of a beast, esp. of a hog. [Written also harslet.]

To shut or fasten with a hasp.

l stuffed cushion or footstool, for kneeling on in church, or for home use. And knees and hassocks are well nigh divorced. Cowper.

, 2d pers. sing. pres. of. Fave, contr. of havest. [Archaic]

Shaped like the head of a halberd; triangular, with the basal angles or lobes spreading; as, a hastate leaf.

applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals. The king's business required haste. 1 Sam. xxi. 8.

to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry. I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. Ps. lv. 8.

One who hastens.

Hasty. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Has"tif*ly, adv. [Obs.]

Same as Hastate. Gray.

In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly.

The quality or state of being hasty; haste; precipitation; rashness; quickness of temper.

Early fruit or vegetables; especially, early pease. Mortimer.

The lower group of the Wealden formation; -- so called from its development around Hastings, in Sussex, England.

Forward; early; -- said of fruits. [Obs.]

Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch.

A thick batter pudding made of Indian meal stirred into boiling water; mush. [U. S.]

Hot. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Capable of being, or deserving to be, hated; odious; detestable.