'Fast by' definitions:
Definition of 'Fast by'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- We will bind thee fast. --Judg. xv. 13. [1913 Webster]
- 2. In a fast or rapid manner; quickly; swiftly; extravagantly; wildly; as, to run fast; to live fast. [1913 Webster]
- Fast by, or Fast beside, close or near to; near at hand. [1913 Webster]
- He, after Eve seduced, unminded slunk Into the wood fast by. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Fast by the throne obsequious Fame resides. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Fast by'
- Fast,
- Fasted,
- Fasting,
- Fastly,
- Fastness,
- very fast,
- Fast and loose,
- Fast beside,
- Fast day,
- Fast liver,
- Fast pulley,
- Fasting day,
- Hard and fast,
- Head fast,
- Stern fast,
- To break fast,
- To make fast,
- To stand fast,
- Tub fast,
- fast asleep,
- fast break,
- fast buck,
- fast dye,
- fast food,
- fast lane,
- fast of ab,
- fast of av,
- fast of esther,
- fast of gedaliah,
- fast of tammuz,
- fast of tevet,
- fast of the firstborn,
- fast one,
- fast reactor,
- fast track,
- hold fast,
- stand fast,
- Fast and loose pulleys,
- Fast-handed,
- To break one's fast,
- acid-fast,
- fast time scale,
- fast-breaking,
- fast-flying,
- fast-footed,
- fast-growing,
- fast-paced,
- hard-and-fast,
- major fast day,
- minor fast day,
- pull a fast one,
- pull a fast one on