swiftness

[English swift, a.; -ne .] The quality or state of being swift; speed, rapid motion, quickne , celerity, speedine , rapidity. "The swiftne of motion is measured by distance of place and length of time wherein it is performed." Locke : Elements Nat . Philos ., ch. i. *swift'-, *swift'-ře, adj. [English swift; -y.] "Ronnes with swift ye race." 1. Moving with great speed, celerity, or velocity; Swift. speedy, rapid, quick. "The race is not to the swift ."- Eccles . ix. 11. 2. Ready, prompt, quick. swig (1), v. t. & i. "Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak."-James devour, to swallow.] A. Transitive: 1. 19. IMG:content-0688.png:[blocks in formation] 2. A fast-running dog. II. Technically: 1. Carding, .: (1) A revolving reel with arms parallel to the axis, and affording a frame whereon to wind yarn, silk, or other thread. (2) The main card-cylinder of a flax-carding machine. 2. Entom.: The genus Hepialus. The Golden Swift ( Hepialus hectus ), the Common Swift ( H.lu pulina ), the Beautiful Swift ( H. velleda ), and the Googe: Epitaphe of M. Shelley. [A. S. swilgan, swelgan =to IMG:content-0689.png:[blocks in formation] swim