speculum forceps

Surg.: Long, slender forceps, used for dre ing wounds or operating on parts not acce ible except through speculums. speculum-metal, s. speech-i-fi-er, s. [Eng. speechify; -er.] One who speechifies; one who is fond of making speeches, "A county member is liked the better for not being a speechifier ."-G. Eliot: Daniel Deronda, ch. xliv. speech-i-fyỹ, v . i . [Eng. speech ; i connect., and suff.-fy.] To make a speech or many speeches; to harangue; to be fond of speaking. "When she tells Mr. Brooke that he is sure to make a fool of himself if he goes speechifying for the radicals."British Quarterly Review , lvii. 427. (1873.) *speech-ing, s. [Eng.speech; -ing .] The act of making a speech. speech-le , *spec he-les, *spec he-le e, a. [Eng. speech; -le .] 1. Destitute of the faculty of speech; unable to speak; dumb, mute. "He that never hears a word spoken, it is no wonder he remains speechle ; as anyone must do, who from an infant should be bred up among mutes."-Holder: On Speech. 2. Unable to speak for a time; temporarily dumb. "Speechle he stood." --Milton : P. L. , ix. 894. *3. Silent; undisturbed by a voice or sound. *4. Silent, taciturn. "Those whom speechle or sententious gravity might not only displease."- Secker : Sermons, vol. i., ser. 10. speech-lě -lý, adv . [Eng. speechle ; -ly .] So as to be unable to speak; as, speechle ly drunk. speech-le -ne , *speeche-les-ne e, subst. [Eng. speechle ; -ne .] The quality or state of being speechle ; mutene . #5. To be expedient. (Used impersonally.) "If it behoueth to haveglorie it spedith not." -Wycliffe: B. Transitive: 1. To favor; to make prosperous; to prosper. "Heaven so speed me in my time to come." Shakesp.: Merry Wives, iii. 4. *2. To advance, to promote. "Thei accomplishen and speden the deedes of his thought."-Chaucer: Boecius, bk. v. *3. To dispatch; to send away quickly or in haste; to hasten, to hurry. "Where is Mount joy, the herald? Speed him hence." Shakesp.: Henry V. , iii. 5. *4. To hasten, to hurry; to put into quick motion; to accelerate, to expedite. "She will speed her foot again." Shakesp.: All's Well that Ends Well, iii. 4. *5. To hasten to a conclusion; to carry through; to execute. "Judicial acts are all those writings and matters which relate to judicial proceedings, and are sped in open court at the instance of one or both of the parties." -Ayliffe: Parergon. *6. To help forward; to hasten, to a ist. "Propitious Neptune steered their course by night With rising gales, that sped their happy flight." Dryden. (Todd.) 7. To dismi with good wishes or kindly services. "Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest." Pope : Homer's Ody ey, xv. 83. *8. To bring to destruction; to destroy, to ruin, to kill, to undo. "Be you gone: you are sped." Shakesp.: Merchant of Venice, ii. 9. *9. To make to be versed; to acquaint. "In Chaucer I am sped."-Skelton. speed, *spede, s . [A. S. spéd (for spódi )=haste, succe , from spówan = to succeed; O. S. spód= succe ; Dut. spoed =speed; O. H. Ger. spuot , spót =succe ; spuon to succeed.] IMG:content-1797.png:[blocks in formation] "Palene e of the face, the memory confused, speechelesne e, cold sweats."- Bacon : Hist . Life and Death. speed-multiplier, s. Gearing: An arrangement by which pinions are driven from larger wheels, the pinion-shafts carrying large wheels, and so on.