Defn: Behaving like a fashion-monger. [R.] Shak.
FASSAITE
Fas"sa*ite, n. (Min.)
Defn: A variety of pyroxene, from the valley of Fassa, in the Tyrol.
FAST
Fast, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fasting.] Etym:
[AS. fæstan; akin to D. vasten, OHG. fasten, G. fasten, Icel. & Sw.
fasta, Dan. faste, Goth. fastan to keep, observe, fast, and prob. to
E. fast firm.]
1. To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry. Fasting he went to sleep, and fasting waked. Milton.
2. To practice abstinence as a religious exercise or duty; to abstain from food voluntarily for a time, for the mortification of the body or appetites, or as a token of grief, or humiliation and penitence. Thou didst fast and weep for the child. 2 Sam. xii. 21. Fasting day, a fast day; a day of fasting.
FAST
Fast, n. Etym: [OE. faste, fast; cf. AS. f, OHG. fasta, G. faste. See
Fast, v. i.]
1. Abstinence from food; omission to take nounrishment. Surfeit is the father of much fast. Shak.
2. Voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of time, as a spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious humiliation.
3. A time of fasting, whether a day, week, or longer time; a period of abstinence from food or certain kinds of food; as, an annual fast. Fast day, a day appointed for fasting, humiliation, and religious offices as a means of invoking the favor of God. — To break one's fast, to put an end to a period of abstinence by taking food; especially, to take one's morning meal; to breakfast. Shak.