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sitfast

noun

Etymology

From sit + 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 sitfast — “sit + fast”

Definitions

  1. A callous with inflamed edges, on the back of a horse, under the saddle.

  2. Fixed

    Fixed; stationary; immovable.

    • 'Tis good, when you have crossed the sea and back, / To find the sitfast acres where you left them.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sitfast. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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