a.Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.;
v. t.
The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas fastened to them. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
If I can fasten but one cup upon him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
To fasten a charge upon
To fasten a crime upon
To fasten one's eyes upon,
v. i. To fix one's self; to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling. [ 1913 Webster ]
A horse leech will hardly fasten on a fish. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
n. One who, or that which, makes fast or firm. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To fasten again. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + fasten. ] To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.