fastness

fastness englannista suomeksi

1. vauhdikkuus

2. lujuus

3. linnoitus

0. Substantiivi

fastness englanniksi

1. The quality or state of being fast (''in various senses'').

2. The quality or state of being strongly attached; firmness, secureness, tenacity.

3. (RQ:Montaigne Florio Essayes)

4. (RQ:South Twelve Sermons)

5. The ability of a dye to withstand fading.

6. The quality or state of moving quickly; quickness, rapidity, swiftness.

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8. The quality or state of having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits.

9. Of a fortress or other place: the quality or state of being secure from access or attack; safety, security.

10. (RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene)

11. (RQ:Dryden Aeneis)

12. The quality or state of being firm, hard, or solid; firmness, hardness, solidity.

13. (RQ:Ascham Scholemaster) by a good way of ''Epitome'', in binding him ſelfe to tranſlate ''meros Atticos Oratores'', and ſo to bring his ſtyle, from all lowſe groſneſſe, to ſoch firme faſtnes in latin, as is in Demoſthenes in Greeke.

14. Something that is fast, or that causes someone or something to be fast (''in various senses'').

15. A fortified or secure place; a fortress, a stronghold.

16. (RQ:Speed Historie of Great Britaine)|page=528|para=71|column=1|passage=If the ''VVelſh'' compelled by famine ventred out of their ſtrengthes or faſtneſſes, in or about ''Snovvdon'', the Garriſon Souldiers of ''Gannocke'' vvere ready to intercept and kill them; (..)

17. (quote-book)|location=London|publisher=(...) Strahan|Andrew Strahan,(nb...), for Norton Longman|Thomas Norton Longman and O. Rees|year=1803|volume=I|page=xxxviii|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=VccCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR38|oclc=1238111891|passage=The ſlaves that yet remained in the faſtneſſes of Jamaica, attached to the Spaniſh, and hoſtile to the Engliſh ſettlers, continued to be troubleſome, and at times formidable.

18. (RQ:Burroughs Princess of Mars)

19. (RQ:Maugham Moon and Sixpence)

20. (quote-journal)|work=Scribner's Magazine|text=(...) though cut glass was nothing new in the nineties, it was then especially busy reflecting the dazzling light of fashion from the Back Bay to the fastnesses of the Middle West.

21. (RQ:Woolf Common Reader) But the Greeks remain in a fastness of their own.

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24. Something used to fasten or tie; a fastener or fastening.