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holdfast
(encz) | holdfast, n: |
Holdfast
(gcide) | Holdfast \Hold"fast`\, n.
1. Something used to secure and hold in place something else,
as a long flat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a
clamp, etc.; hence, a support. "His holdfast was gone."
--Bp. Montagu.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) A conical or branching body, by which a seaweed is
attached to its support, and differing from a root in that
it is not specially absorbent of moisture.
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holdfast
(wn) | holdfast
n 1: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in
place [syn: fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing] |
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Holdfast
(gcide) | Holdfast \Hold"fast`\, n.
1. Something used to secure and hold in place something else,
as a long flat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a
clamp, etc.; hence, a support. "His holdfast was gone."
--Bp. Montagu.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) A conical or branching body, by which a seaweed is
attached to its support, and differing from a root in that
it is not specially absorbent of moisture.
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