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handfast

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HANDFAST

n.Hold; custody; power of confining or keeping.

HANDFAST

a.Fast by contract; firm.

HANDFAST

v.t.To pledge; to betroth; to bind; to join solemnly by the hand.

HANDFASTING

n.A kind of betrothing, or marriage contract.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HANDFAST

HANDFAST Hand "fast `, n.

1. Hold; grasp; custody; power of confining or keeping. [Obs. ] Shak.

2. Contract; specifically, espousal. [Obs. ]

HANDFAST

HANDFAST Hand "fast `, a.

Defn: Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands. [Obs. ] Bale.

HANDFAST

Hand "fast `, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Handfasted; p. pr. & vb. n.Handfasting. ]

Defn: To pledge; to bind; to betroth by joining hands, in order to cohabitation, before the celebration of marriage. [Obs. ]

HANDFAST

Hand "fast `, n. Etym: [G. handfest; hand hand + fest strong. See Fast. ]

Defn: Strong; steadfast. [R.] Carlyle.

HANDFASTLY

HANDFASTLY Hand "fast `ly, adv.

Defn: In a handfast or publicly pledged manner. [Obs. ] Holinshed.