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fastness

[ fast-nis, fahst- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

fastness

/ ˈfɑːstnɪs /

before 900; Middle English; Old English fæstnes. See fast ¹, -ness

Old English fæstnes ; see fast ¹

Edwin had to brace himself again, for an assault upon the fastness of the stationmaster.

And in the incredibly small and incredibly dirty fastness of the stationmaster, they indeed found a Bradshaw.

After journeying for several days through a desert country, they reached Sechele's mountain fastness.

Twice she heard large bodies moving in the tangled fastness about the clearing, but what made the sounds remained a mystery.

Siegfried, the hero of the Nibelungen Lied, dwells in the mountain fastness of Geroldseck.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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