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(1):

(n.) 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.

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(n.) 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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Holdfast'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​h/holdfast.html. 1828.
 
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