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Scout :: Scout (n.) A swift sailing boat.

Haste :: Haste (n.) Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals..

Swift :: Swift (n.) Any one of numerous species of small, long-winged, insectivorous birds of the family Micropodidae. In form and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing birds, but belong to a widely different group allied to the humming birds..

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..

Peele :: Peele (n.) A graceful and swift South African antelope (Pelea capreola). The hair is woolly, and ash-gray on the back and sides. The horns are black, long, slender, straight, nearly smooth, and very sharp. Called also rheeboc, and rehboc..

Courser :: Courser (n.) A swift or spirited horse; a racer or a war horse; a charger.

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

Swallow :: Swallow (n.) Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They have long, pointed wings, and are noted for the swiftness and gracefulness of their flight..

Overshoot :: Overshoot (v. t.) To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond.

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..

Speedy :: Speedy (superl.) Not dilatory or slow; quick; swift; nimble; hasty; rapid in motion or performance; as, a speedy flight; on speedy foot..

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..

Dart :: Dart (v. i.) To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart..

Swinge :: Swingdevil (n.) The European swift.

Skim :: Skim (v. t.) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.

Light-legged :: Light-legged (a.) Nimble; swift of foot.

Wight :: Wight (a.) Swift; nimble; agile; strong and active.

Fleetness :: Fleetness (n.) Swiftness; rapidity; velocity; celerity; speed; as, the fleetness of a horse or of time..

Tantivy :: Tantivy (adv.) Swiftly; speedily; rapidly; -- a fox-hunting term; as, to ride tantivy..

Glide :: Glide (n.) The act or manner of moving smoothly, swiftly, and without labor or obstruction..

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