"Fast" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

In Georgia, a “fast” bill of excep-tions is one which may be taken ln injunc-tion suits and similar cases, at such time and in such manner, as to bring the case up for review with great expedition. It must be certified within twenty days from the render-tag of the decision. Sewell v. Edmonston, 66 Ga. 353

In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly;
firmly; immovably.

The shaft of a column, or trunk of pilaster.

Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint;
reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver.

Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast
horse.

Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable;
strong.

A time of fasting, whether a day, week, or longer time; a
period of abstinence from food or certain kinds of food; as, an annual
fast.

To practice abstinence as a religious exercise or duty; to
abstain from food voluntarily for a time, for the mortification of the
body or appetites, or as a token of grief, or humiliation and
penitence.

Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by
washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors.

In a fast or rapid manner; quickly; swiftly; extravagantly;
wildly; as, to run fast; to live fast.

That which fastens or holds; especially, (Naut.) a mooring
rope, hawser, or chain; -- called, according to its position, a bow,
head, quarter, breast, or stern fast; also, a post on a pier around
which hawsers are passed in mooring.

Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose,
unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door.

Voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of time, as a
spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious humiliation.

Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or
alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend.

Abstinence from food; omission to take nourishment.

To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole
or in part; to go hungry.

Tenacious; retentive.

Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound.