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Holdfast torn from the sea floor by a storm Eocrinoid holdfasts on an Ordovician hardground in Utah. A holdfast is a root-like structure that anchors aquatic sessile organisms, such as seaweed, other sessile algae, stalked crinoids, benthic cnidarians, and sponges, to the substrate.
A holdfast or hold fast is a form of temporary clamp used to hold a workpiece firmly to the top or side of a wooden workbench or the top of an anvil. [1] A form of bench dog, a traditional holdfast has either a curved or flat top. Its shank is slid loosely into a “dog” hole in the bench or anvil until the tip of its hook touches the work.
Hold Fast, the motto of the Clan MacLeod; Holdfast, a common name in the South of England for Sellotape; Holdfast (artillery), a plinth or pedestal to which an anti-aircraft or coastal battery gun was fitted; Codename for the 1962 Ceylonese coup d'état attempt
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A holdfast or hold fast is a means by which artillery is fixed firmly to the ground. One type of holdfast is a concrete base or plinth that a gun is bolted to. [ 1 ] These were used, for example, to secure coastal battery guns in pillboxes during World War II .
Inhale slowly while counting to four, hold your breath for a count of four, exhale slowly through your mouth for a count of four. Repeat up to 10 breaths or until you feel centered."
The sentence can be given as a grammatical puzzle [7] [8] [9] or an item on a test, [1] [2] for which one must find the proper punctuation to give it meaning. Hans Reichenbach used a similar sentence ("John where Jack had...") in his 1947 book Elements of Symbolic Logic as an exercise for the reader, to illustrate the different levels of language, namely object language and metalanguage.