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headfast

noun

Etymology

From head + fast.

  1. derived from fasta
  2. inherited from *fastijaną✻ — “to fasten”
  3. inherited from *fastāną✻ — “to fast”
  4. inherited from *fastēn✻
  5. inherited from fæstan — “to fast”
  6. inherited from fasten
  7. compounded as headfast — “head + fast”

Definitions

  1. A rope at the bows of a ship used to fasten it to a wharf, etc.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA