Fast, subst. abstinence from food: Ven. 55. Meas. I, 2, 130. R2 II, 1, 80. Hml. II, 2, 147. Especially voluntary abstinence from food as a religious mortification: Lucr. 891. Meas. I, 4, 61. LLL I, 1, 24. Plur. “--s:” Gentl. II, 4, 131. LLL V, 2, 811. Cor. V, 1, 56. “to break one's f.:” John I, 235. “kept a tedious f.” R2 II, 1, 75.
To break one's f. == to breakfast: Gentl. II, 4, 141. Err. I, 2, 50. H6C II, 2, 127 (broke their --s).
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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