ppl. a. [f. prec. + -ED1.]
† 1. Settled, confirmed. Obs.
1596. Spenser, Hymns, Heav. Beaut., 289.
| On which they feed, and in their fastened mynd | |
| All happie ioy and full contentment fynd. |
1605. Shaks., Lear, II. i. 79. O strange and fastned Villaine.
† 2. Rendered firm in consistency. Obs.
1625. Hart, The Anatomie of Urines, I. ii. 23. The which [excrement] being soft, fashioned according to the concauitie of the guts, and somewhat fastened or stiffe.
3. Fixed or bolted together. In comb., as copper-, iron-fastened (see the sbs.).
1803. R. Pering, in Naval Chron., XV. 60. In consequence of their having been employed in working up old materials, and on iron-fastened ships.
1860. Merc. Marine Mag., VII. 284. The copper-fastened vessel will obtain the best rate.
