[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That fastens, in various senses of the vb.
1621. S. Ward, Happin. Practice (1627), 1. The fastening Nayle of the chiefe Master of the Assemblies.
1821. Byron, Cain, I. i.
| In his eye | |
| There is a fastening attraction which | |
| Fixes my fluttering eyes on his. |
1828–40. Tytler, Hist. Scot. (1864), II. 221. His tent or pavilion was of silk; the fastening chains were richly gilt.
1865. Swinburne, Atalanta, 970.
| I shall have no man’s love | |
| For ever, and no face of children born | |
| Or feeding lips upon me or fastening eyes | |
| For ever. |
