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  • 81fast on — phrasal or fast upon or fast against Irish law : to sit fasting at the door of a defendant or debtor until the demand or debt is met or a pledge is given as is often required before the judicial seizure of property …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 82Fast — 1. Übername zu mnd., mhd. vast »fest, stark, beständig, zuverlässig«. 2. Gelegentlich kann diesem Familiennamen die Kurzform eines mit dem Namenwort fast gebildeten Rufnamens (Fastert) zugrunde liegen …

    Wörterbuch der deutschen familiennamen

  • 83fast — (track) Optimum condition for a dirt track that is dry, even, resilient and fast …

    Equestrian sports dictionary

  • 84Fast — 1. sexually promiscuous; 2. (horseracing) (of a track) conducing to fast racing …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 85fast — I Australian Slang 1. sexually promiscuous; 2. (horseracing) (of a track) conducing to fast racing II Inglish (Indian English) Dictionary having loose morals (often in reference to a woman) III Yorkshire Dialect Short of …

    English dialects glossary

  • 86fast —    ready to copulate casually    Mainly of women, from the meaning highliving:     Anglo Indians (regarded as fast ) swinging their bums. (Theroux, 1973) …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 87fast — I. v. n. Abstain from food, forbear eating, go without food, go hungry. II. n. 1. Fasting, abstinence from food. 2. Fast day, day of fasting, banyan day. 3. Time of fasting. 4. Rope (to fasten a vessel to wharf). III. a …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 88-fast — 1. an adjective suffix meaning lasting , not fading , as in colourfast. 2. a suffix forming adjectives, usually hyphenated, that indicate that an organism, as a bacillus, is resistant to the stain removing or toxic action of a specified agent, as …

  • 89fast —  ; fasting    This word (derived from Old English for holding fast ) refers to the penitential practice of going without food and water for a given period of time; the purpose of fasting is spiritual self discipline, penance for one s sins, and… …

    Glossary of theological terms

  • 90fast — I konj II adj (fast, a) III adv …

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