fastenern.
/ˈfɑːsn̩ə/, /ˈfɑːsnə/, /ˈfasn̩ə/, /ˈfasnə/, U.S. /ˈfæs(ə)nər/ 1.
a. A device, substance, etc., that serves to fasten something (in various senses of the verb); esp. a device for closing or securing something, a fastening.button fastener, paper fastener, press fastener, sash fastener, snap fastener, zip fastener, etc.: see the first element.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > [noun] > a fastening
fasteningOE
closing1382
festela1400
fastenera1425
fastingc1450
fastnessa1550
seizurea1616
closure1616
obligation1646
agraffe1772
fastenment1836
buckling1861
hitch1881
soul and body lashing1883
a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Jesus Cambr.) f. 322 in J. Norri Dict. Med. Vocab. in Eng. (2016) 384/2 Of tooþ þat is loos & feble..Þei ben holpen wiþ resumptifs or fastners [L. resumptivis] & þerwiþ let him shone chewing.
1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman iv. 151 Individuality of character, the only fastener of the affections.
1798 G. Blagdin Specification of Carpenters & Joiners Wk. 27 Oct. in G. Washington Papers (1999) Retirement Series III. 148 The inside shutters..to be fastened inside with good pivot Bar fasteners.
1874 W. Crookes Pract. Handbk. Dyeing 323 The modified Gallipoli oil acts..as fastener of the red lake.
1892 Law Times Rep. 67 163/1 Small hooks or fasteners on the metal busks of the corsets.
1959 J. Braine Vodi vi. 94 One of those woollen shirts with a fastener at the throat.
2010 @jamiekern 9 Feb. in twitter.com (accessed 16 Nov. 2020) Gorgeous handcrafted wood tables that fold flat. No metal fasteners—traditional joinery.
b. A person who fastens or secures something; (in later use) U.S. a person employed in a shipyard to fasten the parts of a ship together.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > [noun] > one who fastens
fastener1648
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Hechter, a Fixer, a Fastner, or a Tyer to.
a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) II. vii. 120 The possibility of the door's having been at first unlocked, and of being herself its fastener . View more context for this quotation
1917 Bath (Maine) Independent 21 Apr. 10/4 He is regularly employed at his trade as a fastener in the shipyard of Percy and Small.
1996 Portland (Maine) Press Herald (Nexis) 30 Jan. Mr. Ames worked as a fastener during World War II at the Camden Shipyard.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [noun] > laying hold or seizing > one who
gripper1570
fastener1628
griper1676
grappler1832
1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xxx. sig. F4v He is a terrible fastner on a piece of Beefe.
3. cant. An arrest warrant. Now historical and rare.
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society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > warrant > types of warrant
searchery1541
letter (also commission, gift) of searchery1566
reprieve1602
bench warrant1680
death warrant1692
fastener1699
search warrant1700
lettre de cachet1715
capital commitment1742
peace warrant1772
speciality1815
fugie-warrant1816
arrest warrant1824
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Fastner, c. a Warrant. [Also in later dictionaries.]
1948 G. Heyer Foundling (1963) ix. 99 ‘Maybe there's a fastener going to be served on him,’ said the waiter doubtfully.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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