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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HOLDFAST, n. A thing that takes hold; a catch; a hook.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place [syn: fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1566 1. something to which something else may be firmly secured 2. a. a part by which a plant clings to a flat surface b. an organ by which a parasitic animal attaches itself to its host

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a firm grasp. 2 a staple or clamp securing an object to a wall etc. 3 the attachment-organ of an alga etc.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Holdfast Hold"fast`, n. 1. Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support. ``His holdfast was gone.'' --Bp. Montagu. 2. (Bot.) A conical or branching body, by which a seaweed is attached to its support, and differing from a root in that it is not specially absorbent of moisture.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Catch, hook, fastening.