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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Speed \Speed\, n. [AS. sp?d success, swiftness, from sp?wan to
     succeed; akin to D. spoedd, OHG. spuot success, spuot to
     succees, Skr. sph[=a] to increase, grow fat. [root]170b.]
     1. Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success.
        ``For common speed.'' --Chaucer.
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              O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send
              me good speed this day.               --Gen. xxiv.
                                                    12.
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     2. The act or state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity;
        rapidly; rate of motion; dispatch; as, the speed a horse
        or a vessel.
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              Speed, to describe whose swiftness number fails.
                                                    --Milton.
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     Note: In kinematics, speedis sometimes used to denote the
           amount of velocity without regard to direction of
           motion, while velocity is not regarded as known unless
           both the direction and the amount are known.
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     3. One who, or that which, causes or promotes speed or
        success. [Obs.] ``Hercules be thy speed!'' --Shak.
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     God speed, Good speed; prosperity. See Godspeed.
  
     Speed gauge, Speed indicator, & Speed recorder (Mach.),
        devices for indicating or recording the rate of a body's
        motion, as the number of revolutions of a shaft in a given
        time.
  
     Speed lathe (Mach.), a power lathe with a rapidly revolving
        spindle, for turning small objects, for polishing, etc.; a
        hand lathe.
  
     Speed pulley, a cone pulley with steps.
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     Syn: Haste; swiftness; celerity; quickness; dispatch;
          expedition; hurry; acceleration. See Haste.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Speed \Speed\, n. [AS. sp?d success, swiftness, from sp?wan to
     succeed; akin to D. spoedd, OHG. spuot success, spuot to
     succees, Skr. sph[=a] to increase, grow fat. [root]170b.]
     1. Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success.
        ``For common speed.'' --Chaucer.
  
              O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send
              me good speed this day.               --Gen. xxiv.
                                                    12.
  
     2. The act or state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity;
        rapidly; rate of motion; dispatch; as, the speed a horse
        or a vessel.
  
              Speed, to describe whose swiftness number fails.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     Note: In kinematics, speedis sometimes used to denote the
           amount of velocity without regard to direction of
           motion, while velocity is not regarded as known unless
           both the direction and the amount are known.
  
     3. One who, or that which, causes or promotes speed or
        success. [Obs.] ``Hercules be thy speed!'' --Shak.
  
     God speed, Good speed; prosperity. See Godspeed.
  
     Speed gauge, Speed indicator, & Speed recorder (Mach.),
        devices for indicating or recording the rate of a body's
        motion, as the number of revolutions of a shaft in a given
        time.
  
     Speed lathe (Mach.), a power lathe with a rapidly revolving
        spindle, for turning small objects, for polishing, etc.; a
        hand lathe.
  
     Speed pulley, a cone pulley with steps.
  
     Syn: Haste; swiftness; celerity; quickness; dispatch;
          expedition; hurry; acceleration. See Haste.

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