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The boy who is fastening a chalk duster on to the collar of Braddy’s coat is Tom Senior, the Doctor’s eldest son, who, one would have imagined, might have learned better manners.

From The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story by Reed, Talbot Baines

A little gold brooch, of Indian workmanship, is fastening the lace at her bosom.

From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess

Yoking is fastening two rams two or three feet apart, by bows around their necks, inserted in a light piece of timber, some two or three inches in size.

From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Jennings, Robert

The women are walking up towards the nunnery, under the trees, and the man is fastening his boat.

From Rollo on the Rhine by Abbott, Jacob

Clogging is fastening a billet of wood to the fore leg by a leather strap.

From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Jennings, Robert