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Meanings of fastness in English

Catalan
fixesa
Spanish
continuidad

The quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment.

      fixesa
      Portuguese
      velocidade
      Catalan
      rapidesa
      Spanish
      rapidez

      A rate (usually rapid) at which something happens.

            velocidade
            Portuguese
            baluarte
            Catalan
            plaça forta
            Spanish
            baluarte

            A strongly fortified defensive structure.

                  baluarte
                  Usage of fastness in English
                  1
                  The Indians of the Muskingum valley felt secure in their wilderness fastness.
                  The War Chief of the Ottawas : A chronicle of the Pontiac war
                  2
                  Kut-le drew rein beside a little waterfall deep in the mountain fastness.
                  The Heart of the Desert / Kut-Le of the Desert
                  3
                  Up the cliff they clambered, and soon spied us in our fastness.
                  The Fall of the Grand Sarrasin / Being a Chronicle of Sir Nigel ...
                  4
                  The Saxons were not strong enough to dispossess them of their fastness.
                  King Alfred of England / Makers of History
                  5
                  I was told I had license throughout the fastness during the convocation.
                  Spellwright
                  6
                  Sechele retired to a mountain fastness, named Lithubaruba, away to the north-west.
                  Robert Moffat / The Missionary Hero of Kuruman
                  7
                  They affect a fastness which is painful to see in boys so young.
                  The Secrets of the Great City / A Work Descriptive of the Virtue...
                  8
                  The news had travelled speedily into that mountain fastness, it seemed.
                  The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and might...
                  9
                  They are dye-stuffs which form with copper blue colour lakes of some fastness.
                  The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics
                  10
                  His spirit retired far into its fastness, taking with it all his energies.
                  The Leopard Woman
                  11
                  A strong stick was needful to explore that leafy fastness thoroughly.
                  The Wings of the Morning
                  12
                  You will be locked up in the mountain fastness, alone, forever.
                  Rage of the Dragon
                  13
                  How may the fastness of a colored material be tested to withstand friction?
                  Textiles, for Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools ...
                  14
                  Having built, however, this secret and solitary fastness, he gradually became more daring.
                  The Art of Letters
                  15
                  The Irish formerly called Dingle Daingean in Cushy, or the fastness of the Husseys.
                  The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent
                  16
                  With regard to the fastness of the shades produced the following may be considered:-
                  The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics: A Practical Handbook for the Dyer ...
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