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To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry. Fasting he went to sleep, and fasting waked. Milton.

Close-handed; close-fisted; covetous; avaricious. [Obs.] Bacon.

To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window.

One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.

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

One who abstains from food.

The Roman calendar, which gave the days for festivals, courts, etc., corresponding to a modern almanac.

Fastidiousness; squeamishness. [Obs.] Swift.

Difficult to please; delicate to fault; suited with difficulty; squeamish; as, a fastidious mind or ear; a fastidious appetite. Proud youth ! fastidious of the lower world. Young.

Narrowing towards the top.

Rather fast; also, somewhat dissipated. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

Firmly; surely.

The state of being fast and firm; firmness; fixedness; security; faithfulness. All . . . places of fastness [are] laid open. Sir J. Davies.

Proud; haughty; disdainful. [Obs.] Barrow. Fas"tu*ous*ness, n. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal. A sorry breakfast for my lord protector. Shak.

A large rope to fasten the midship part of a ship to a wharf, or to another vessel.

Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship.

Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands. [Obs.] Bale.

In a handfast or publicly pledged manner. [Obs.] Holinshed.

ong fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support. "His holdfast was gone." Bp. Montagu.