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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
Hold Fast" across the knuckles was a charm to help deckhands and boatswain’s mates keep a firm grip on the rigging. [52] Religious tattoos such as crucifixes have also served as protective symbols for sailors. [52] [53] In a superstition dating back to at least the 1840s, crosses on the feet were meant to prevent shark attacks if a sailor ...
The crest within the crest badge is blazoned a bull's head cabossed sable, horned Or, between two flags gules, staved at the first; and the motto is hold fast. [31] Members of Clan Macleod of The Lewes are entitled to wear a different crest badge, derived from the arms of the chief of that clan. [32]
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.
The manuscript continues that ever since Malcolm defeated the bull, the family of MacLeod have used a bull's head as their heraldic crest, with the motto "hold fast". [10] R.C. MacLeod noted another tradition concerning a bull and motto of the clan's chiefs (though not the drinking horn).
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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 .