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A lively, spirited march; also, a lively style of dancing.

All the submerged section of a vessel's planking.

Of, or performed in, the fastest time or step in marching, next to the run; as, a double-quick step or march.

To quicken; to make alive. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

To quicken anew; to reanimate; to give new life to. Shak.

Not quick. [R.] Daniel.

ects; to wipe out. [Archaic] And with thy blood abolish so reproachful blot. Spenser. His quick instinctive hand Caught at the hilt, as to abolish him. Tennyson.

That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly. [Obs.] What abridgment have you for this evening What mask What music Shak.

To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard.

Relating to acceleration; adding to velocity; quickening. Reid.

acetates, or by the destructive distillation of citric acid, starch, sugar, or gum, with quicklime.

Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal. Active and nervous was his gait. Wordsworth.

The quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of motion; activity.

To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken. [Obs.] "[To] acuate the blood." Harvey.

Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination. Selden.

Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure.

Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue. Shaking it with agile hand. Cowper.

The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; nimbleness; activity; quickness of motion; as, strength and agility of body. They . . . trust to the agility of their wit. Bacon. Wheeling with the agility of a hawk. Sir W. Scott.

promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise. Agree with thine adversary quickly. Matt. v. 25. Didst not thou agree with me for a penny Matt. xx. 13.

h air." Shak. He was still all air and fire. Macaulay . [Air and fire being the finer and quicker elements as opposed to earth and water.]