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Fasting day, a fast day; a day of
fasting.

Fast, n. [OE. faste,
fast; cf. AS. fæsten, OHG. fasta, G.
faste. See Fast, v. i.]
1. Abstinence from food; omission to take
nourishment.

Surfeit is the father of much
fast.

2. Voluntary abstinence from food, for a
space of time, as a spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious
humiliation.

3. A time of fasting, whether a day, week, or
longer time; a period of abstinence from food or certain kinds of
food; as, an annual fast.

Fast day, a day appointed for fasting,
humiliation, and religious offices as a means of invoking the favor
of God. -- To break one's fast, to put an
end to a period of abstinence by taking food; especially, to take
one's morning meal; to breakfast. Shak.

Fast, a. [Compar.
Faster (?); superl.


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