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Definition of Hastener
1. n. One who hastens.
Definition of Hastener
1. Noun. Agent noun of hasten; one who hastens. ¹
2. Noun. A stand or reflector used for confining the heat of the fire to meat while roasting before it. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hastener
1. one that hastens [n -S] - See also: hastens
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hastener
Literary usage of Hastener
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"A tin hastener, in which food is roasted in front of the fire. (Only name.)
hastener is unknown. ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1862)
"... a skewer, splinter, whence E. hastier, or corruptly hastener, a skreen to
reverberate the fire on roasting meat. ..."
3. A Manual of Dental Prosthetics by George Henry Wilson (1920)
"Points to give attention: Flanges; lingual wax roll; plaster with hastener mixed
thin; the buccal tissues drawn from under the buccal flanges; frame marked; ..."
4. Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs by Arthur Benoni Evans (1881)
"hastener, sb. a contrivance of tin or wood lined with tin, placed before the fire
to hasten the ... A Dutch-oven is sometimes called a Dutch hastener. ..."
5. A Glossary of Dialect & Archaic Words Used in the County of Gloucester by John Drummond Robertson (1890)
"hastener. sb. a contrivance of tin or wood lined with tin, placed before the fire
to hasten the ... A Dutch-oven is sometimes called a Dutch hastener. ..."
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