adv. Sc. Obs. rare–1. [f. FAST adv. + -LING with advb. genitive -s.] ? Almost, nearly. (Cf. FAST adv. 4 b.)

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a. 1600.  A. Scott, On May, iv.

        Now all sic Game is fastlings gone,
  But gif it be amangs clovin Robbyns.

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