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fastener|ˈfɑːs(ə)nə(r), -æ-|
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
1. One who fastens or makes fast.
1755in Johnson. 1798Jane Austen Northang. Abb. (1838) II. vii. 142 The possibility of the door's having been at first unlocked, and she herself its fastener.
2. That which serves to fasten anything.
1792M. Wollstonecraft Rights Wom. iv. 151 Individuality of character, the only fastener of the affections. 1874W. Crookes Dyeing & Calico-printing 323 The modified Gallipoli oil acts..as fastener of the red lake. 1884Birm. Weekly Post 15 Nov. 3/7 The fastener [of a trap-door] was not properly adjusted. 1892Law Times' Rep. LXVII. 163/1 Small hooks or fasteners on the metal busks of the corsets.
†3. One who fastens on something. Obs.
1628Earle Microcosm., Plain country Fellow (Arb.) 49 He is a terrible fastner on a piece of Beefe.
†4. slang. A warrant for arrest. Obs.
a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Fastner, c. a Warrant. 1785in Grose Dict. Vulg. Tongue. |
