Shame"fast (?), a. [AS. scamf&ae;st.]
Modest; shamefaced.
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Shame"fast*ly, adv. --
Shame"fast*ness, n. [Archaic] See
Shamefaced.
Shamefast she was in maiden shamefastness.
Chaucer.
[Conscience] is a blushing shamefast spirit.
Shak.
Modest apparel with shamefastness.
1 Tim. ii. 9 (Rev. Ver.).
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