Holdfast most often refers to:
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Holdfast (biology)
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.
Holdfasts vary in shape and form depending on both the s ...
, a root-like structure that anchors aquatic sessile organisms to their substrate
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Holdfast (tool), a tool used to secure a workpiece to a workbench or anvil
Holdfast or hold fast may also refer to:
Places
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Holdfast, Worcestershire, a village in the Malvern Hills District in England
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Holdfast, Saskatchewan
Holdfast ( 2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Sarnia No. 221 and Census Division No. 6. The village is located 2 km east of Highway 2 on Highway 732, about 97.6&nbs ...
, a village in Canada
Arts and entertainment
Music
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''Hold Fast'' (album), a 2012 album, or the title song, by the Crookes
* ''
Hold Fast: Acoustic Sessions'', a 2018 album by Face to Face
* ''Hold Fast'', a 2020 album by
Stick in the Wheel
Stick in the Wheel are a band with its origins in working-class East London, UK. It consists of vocalist and artist Nicola Kearey and Ian Carter, their producer, arranger and Dobro player. They bring a contemporary approach to folk music with raw ...
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"Hold Fast" (song), a 2006 song by MercyMe
* "Hold Fast", a 2010 song by Honor Bright from ''
Action! Drama! Suspense!''
Other media
* ''Hold Fast'', a travel documentary film by
Moxie Marlinspike
* ''Holdfast: Nations at War'', a video game set during the Napoleonic Wars; see
Napoleonic Wars in fiction
The Napoleonic Wars were a defining event of the early 19th century, and inspired many works of fiction, from then until the present day.
*Napoleon himself wrote ''Clisson et Eugénie'' (1795), a romantic novella about a soldier and his lover, ...
Other uses
* Hold Fast, the motto of the
Clan MacLeod
* Holdfast, a common name in the South of England for
Sellotape
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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
The 1962 Ceylonese coup d'état attempt (also known as the ''Colonels' coup'' ) was a failed military coup d'état planned in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). A group of Christian officers in the military and police planned to topple the government of Prime ...
See also
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Avast (disambiguation), a cognate of ''hold fast''
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Holdfast Bay (disambiguation)
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