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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Fast \Fast\, adv. [OE. faste firmly, strongly, quickly, AS.
     f[ae]ste. See Fast, a.]
     1. In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly;
        firmly; immovably.
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              We will bind thee fast.               --Judg. xv.
                                                    13.
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     2. In a fast or rapid manner; quickly; swiftly;
        extravagantly; wildly; as, to run fast; to live fast.
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     Fast by, or Fast beside, close or near to; near at hand.
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              He, after Eve seduced, unminded slunk
              Into the wood fast by.                --Milton.
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              Fast by the throne obsequious Fame resides. --Pope.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Fast \Fast\, adv. [OE. faste firmly, strongly, quickly, AS.
     f[ae]ste. See Fast, a.]
     1. In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly;
        firmly; immovably.
  
              We will bind thee fast.               --Judg. xv.
                                                    13.
  
     2. In a fast or rapid manner; quickly; swiftly;
        extravagantly; wildly; as, to run fast; to live fast.
  
     Fast by, or Fast beside, close or near to; near at hand.
  
              He, after Eve seduced, unminded slunk Into the wood
              fast by.                              --Milton.
  
              Fast by the throne obsequious Fame resides. --Pope.

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