copper-fasten

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verb

(tr) Irish to make (a bargain or agreement) binding

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Words nearby copper-fasten

copperas, Copperas Cove, copper beech, Copper Belt, copper-bottomed, copper-fasten, copperhead, Copperheadism, copper hydroxide, copper iris, copperleaf

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How to use copper-fasten in a sentence

You can find fourteen of these copper creations, all initially containing 3,900 liters of liquid apiece, on the Macallan estate.
When It Comes to Great Whisky, The Size of Your Still Matters||December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the copper performs another important function: working as a catalyst in the distillation process.
When It Comes to Great Whisky, The Size of Your Still Matters||December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Why the size and shape of a copper still is at the core of whisky distillation.
When It Comes to Great Whisky, The Size of Your Still Matters||December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The151-foot newborn waited in the harbor on her 171-foot pedestal, a huge French flag fluttering over her dark copper face.
128 Years Old and Still a Looker: Happy Birthday to Lady Liberty|Elizabeth Mitchell|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

After all, there are much larger risks in this world than traces of copper in your water.
Are Water Filters B.S.?|Michael Schulson|August 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was well set in the form of a man now, the months since his imprisonment having brought him much to fasten upon and hold.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
The vicar's wife sat before a huge book, in front of her were little piles of copper money.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
And I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place, and he shall be for a throne of glory to the house of his father.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Beds, in those days, were warmed with copper warming pans, and nightcaps adorned the slumbering heads of both sexes.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Such a furnace worked there for many years, until copper smelting was removed from Cornwall to Wales.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick