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fastness
(mass) | fastness
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fastness
(encz) | fastness,bašta Jaroslav Šedivý |
fastness
(encz) | fastness,pevnost n: Jaroslav Šedivý |
fastness
(encz) | fastness,tvrz Jaroslav Šedivý |
Fastness
(gcide) | Fastness \Fast"ness\, n. [AS. f[ae]stnes, fr. f[ae]st fast. See
Fast, a.]
1. The state of being fast and firm; firmness; fixedness;
security; faithfulness.
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All . . . places of fastness [are] laid open. --Sir
J. Davies.
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2. A fast place; a stronghold; a fortress or fort; a secure
retreat; a castle; as, the enemy retired to their
fastnesses in the mountains.
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3. Conciseness of style. [Obs.] --Ascham.
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4. The state of being fast or swift.
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fastness
(wn) | fastness
n 1: a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the
project advanced with gratifying speed" [syn: speed,
swiftness, fastness]
2: the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm
attachment [syn: fastness, fixedness, fixity,
fixture, secureness] [ant: looseness]
3: a strongly fortified defensive structure [syn: stronghold,
fastness] |
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(encz) | colorfastness, |
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(encz) | fastnesses, |
steadfastness
(encz) | steadfastness,neotřesitelnost Jaroslav Šedivý |
Fastness
(gcide) | Fastness \Fast"ness\, n. [AS. f[ae]stnes, fr. f[ae]st fast. See
Fast, a.]
1. The state of being fast and firm; firmness; fixedness;
security; faithfulness.
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All . . . places of fastness [are] laid open. --Sir
J. Davies.
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2. A fast place; a stronghold; a fortress or fort; a secure
retreat; a castle; as, the enemy retired to their
fastnesses in the mountains.
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3. Conciseness of style. [Obs.] --Ascham.
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4. The state of being fast or swift.
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Shamefastness
(gcide) | Shamefast \Shame"fast\, a. [AS. scamf[ae]st.]
Modest; shamefaced. -- Shame"fast*ly, adv. --
Shame"fast*ness, n. [Archaic] See Shamefaced.
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Shamefast she was in maiden shamefastness. --Chaucer.
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[Conscience] is a blushing shamefast spirit. --Shak.
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Modest apparel with shamefastness. --1 Tim. ii. 9
(Rev. Ver.).
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Soothfastness
(gcide) | Soothfast \Sooth"fast`\, a. [Sooth + fast, that is, fast or firm
with respect to truth.]
Firmly fixed in, or founded upon, the thruth; true; genuine;
real; also, truthful; faithful. [Archaic] --
Sooth"fast`ness, n. [Archaic] "In very soothfastness."
--Chaucer.
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Why do not you . . . bear leal and soothfast evidence
in her behalf, as ye may with a clear conscience! --Sir
W. Scott.
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Steadfastness
(gcide) | Steadfastness \Stead"fast*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being steadfast; firmness; fixedness;
constancy. "The steadfastness of your faith." --Col. ii. 5.
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To prove her wifehood and her steadfastness. --Chaucer.
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steadfastness
(wn) | steadfastness
n 1: loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty [syn:
steadfastness, staunchness]
2: steadfast resolution |
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