Defn: Clustered, parallel, and upright, as the branches of the
Lombardy poplar; pointed.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: United into a conical bundle, or into a bundle with an enlarged head, like a sheaf of wheat.
FASTISH
Fast"ish, a.
Defn: Rather fast; also, somewhat dissipated. [Colloq.] Thackeray.
FASTLY
Fast"ly, adv.
Defn: Firmly; surely.
FASTNESS
Fast"ness, n. Etym: [AS. fæstnes, fr. fæst fast. See Fast, a.]
1. The state of being fast and firm; firmness; fixedness; security; faithfulness. All . . . places of fastness [are] laid open. Sir J. Davies.
2. A fast place; a stronghold; a fortress or fort; a secure retreat; a castle; as, the enemy retired to their fastnesses in the mountains.