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Speeder :: Speeder (n.) A machine for drawing and twisting slivers to form rovings.

Drag :: Drag (v. t.) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation under Drag, v. i., 3..

Speed :: Speed (n.) To make haste; to move with celerity.

Banshie :: Banshie (n.) A supernatural being supposed by the Irish and Scotch peasantry to warn a family of the speedy death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice under the windows of the house..

Sudden :: Sudden (a.) Happening without previous notice or with very brief notice; coming unexpectedly, or without the common preparation; immediate; instant; speedy..

Outspeed :: Outspeed (v. t.) To excel in speed.

Speeder :: Speeder (n.) One who, or that which, speeds..

Speed :: Speed (v. t.) To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry..

Overrun :: Overrun (v. t.) To exceed in distance or speed of running; to go beyond or pass in running.

Apace :: Apace (adv.) With a quick pace; quick; fast; speedily.

Quicken :: Quicken (a.) To make lively, active, or sprightly; to impart additional energy to; to stimulate; to make quick or rapid; to hasten; to accelerate; as, to quicken one's steps or thoughts; to quicken one's departure or speed..

Betimes :: Betimes (adv.) In a short time; soon; speedily; forth with.

Hastily :: Hastily (adv.) In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly.

Time :: Time (v. t.) To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of; as, to time the speed of horses, or hours for workmen..

Tivy :: Tivy (adv.) With great speed; -- a huntsman's word or sound.

Expeditious :: Expeditious (a.) Possessed of, or characterized by, expedition, or efficiency and rapidity in action; performed with, or acting with, expedition; quick; having celerity; speedily; as, an expeditious march or messenger..

Spring :: Spring (v. i.) To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; to shoot.

Tachometer :: Tachometer (n.) An instrument for showing at any moment the speed of a revolving shaft, consisting of a delicate revolving conical pendulum which is driven by the shaft, and the action of which by change of speed moves a pointer which indicates the speed on a graduated dial..

Hurried :: Hurried (a.) Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a hurried writer; a hurried life..

Student :: Studding sail () A light sail set at the side of a principal or square sail of a vessel in free winds, to increase her speed. Its head is bent to a small spar which is called the studding-sail boom. See Illust. of Sail..

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