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Speed :: Speed (v. t.) To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin; to undo.

Outride :: Outride (v. t.) To surpass in speed of riding; to ride beyond or faster than.

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

Pimpernel :: Pimpernel (n.) A plant of the genus Anagallis, of which one species (A. arvensis) has small flowers, usually scarlet, but sometimes purple, blue, or white, which speedily close at the approach of bad weather..

Rapid :: Rapid (a.) Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; in quick sequence; as, rapid growth; rapid improvement; rapid recurrence; rapid succession..

Certiorari :: Certiorari (n.) A writ issuing out of chancery, or a superior court, to call up the records of a inferior court, or remove a cause there depending, in order that the party may have more sure and speedy justice, or that errors and irregularities may be corrected. It is obtained upon complaint of a party that he has not received justice, or can not have an impartial trial in the inferior court..

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

Quick :: Quick (superl.) Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick..

Outtravel :: Outtravel (v. t.) To exceed in speed o/ distance traveled.

Speedily :: Speedily (adv.) In a speedy manner.

Burst :: Burst (n.) Any brief, violent exertion or effort; a spurt; as, a burst of speed..

Metrograph :: Metrograph (n.) An instrument attached to a locomotive for recording its speed and the number and duration of its stops.

Speedwell :: Speedwell (n.) Any plant of the genus Veronica, mostly low herbs with pale blue corollas, which quickly fall off..

Velocity :: Velocity (n.) Rate of motion; the relation of motion to time, measured by the number of units of space passed over by a moving body or point in a unit of time, usually the number of feet passed over in a second. See the Note under Speed..

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for multiplying speed..

Dash :: Dash (n.) A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race course; -- used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the race..

Dispatch :: Dispatch (v. t.) A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; -- often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches..

Post :: Post (n.) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier..

Irvingite :: Irvingite (n.) The common designation of one a sect founded by the Rev. Edward Irving (about 1830), who call themselves the Catholic Apostolic Church. They are highly ritualistic in worship, have an elaborate hierarchy of apostles, prophets, etc., and look for the speedy coming of Christ..

Despeed :: Despeed (v. t.) To send hastily.

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