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Swiftfoot :: Swifter (v. t.) To tighten, as slack standing rigging, by bringing the opposite shrouds nearer..

Run :: Run (a.) To move, proceed, advance, pass, go, come, etc., swiftly, smoothly, or with quick action; -- said of things animate or inanimate. Hence, to flow, glide, or roll onward, as a stream, a snake, a wagon, etc.; to move by quicker action than in walking, as a person, a horse, a dog..

Fast :: Fast (a.) In a fast or rapid manner; quickly; swiftly; extravagantly; wildly; as, to run fast; to live fast..

Dromon :: Dromon () In the Middle Ages, a large, fast-sailing galley, or cutter; a large, swift war vessel..

Flit :: Flit (a.) Nimble; quick; swift. [Obs.] See Fleet.

Wing-footed :: Wing-footed (a.) Having wings attached to the feet; as, wing-footed Mercury; hence, swift; moving with rapidity; fleet..

Fleeting :: Fleeting (a.) Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as, the fleeting hours or moments..

Cypseliform :: Cypseliform (a.) Like or belonging to the swifts (Cypselidae..

Fleet :: Fleet (n. & a.) To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance.

"""lilliputian " :: Lilliputian (n.) One belonging to a very diminutive race described in Swift's Voyage to Lilliput..

Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To brush swiftly over the surface of anything; to pass with switness and force, as if brushing the surface of anything; to move in a stately manner; as, the wind sweeps across the plain; a woman sweeps through a drawing-room..

Slow :: Slow (superl.) Moving a short space in a relatively long time; not swift; not quick in motion; not rapid; moderate; deliberate; as, a slow stream; a slow motion..

Sasin :: Sasin (n.) The Indian antelope (Antilope bezoartica, / cervicapra), noted for its beauty and swiftness. It has long, spiral, divergent horns..

Rapid :: Rapid (a.) The part of a river where the current moves with great swiftness, but without actual waterfall or cascade; -- usually in the plural; as, the Lachine rapids in the St. Lawrence..

Proa :: Proa (n.) A sailing canoe of the Ladrone Islands and Malay Archipelago, having its lee side flat and its weather side like that of an ordinary boat. The ends are alike. The canoe is long and narrow, and is kept from overturning by a cigar-shaped log attached to a frame extending several feet to windward. It has been called the flying proa, and is the swiftest sailing craft known..

Swift :: Swift (n.) The ghost moth. See under Ghost.

Hum :: Hum (n.) A low monotonous noise, as of bees in flight, of a swiftly revolving top, of a wheel, or the like; a drone; a buzz..

Nimbleness :: Nimbleness (n.) The quality of being nimble; lightness and quickness in motion; agility; swiftness.

Pernicious :: Pernicious (a.) Quick; swift (to burn).

Greyhound :: Greyhound (n.) A slender, graceful breed of dogs, remarkable for keen sight and swiftness. It is one of the oldest varieties known, and is figured on the Egyptian monuments..

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