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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fastening \Fas"ten*ing\, noun Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fasten \Fas"ten\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Fastened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fastening}.] [AS. f[ae]stnian; akin to OHG. festin[=o]n. See {Fast}, adjective]
1. 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.
2. To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something, or to cleave together, by any means; as, to fasten boards together with nails or cords; to fasten anything in our thoughts.
The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas fastened to them. --Swift.
3. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on; as, to fasten a blow. [Obs.] --Dryden.
If I can fasten but one cup upon him. --Shak.
{To fasten a charge upon} or {To fasten a crime upon}, to make his guilt certain, or so probable as to be generally believed.
{To fasten one's eyes upon}, to look upon steadily without cessation. --Acts iii. 4.
Syn: To fix; cement; stick; link; affix; annex.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
fastening
noun
1: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place [syn: {fastener}, {holdfast}, {fixing}]
2: the act of fastening things together [syn: {attachment}]
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