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The act of making a speech. [R.]

Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech.

One who makes speeches; one accustomed to speak in a public assembly.

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.

A device for automatically counting the revolutions or pulsations of an engine or other machine; -- called also simply counter.

One who, or that which, speeds.

Full of speed (in any sense). [Obs.]

In a speedful manner. [Obs.]

In a speedy manner.

The quality or state of being speedy.

Being without speed.

Any plant of the genus Veronica, mostly low herbs with pale blue corollas, which quickly fall off.

Not dilatory or slow; quick; swift; nimble; hasty; rapid in motion or performance; as, a speedy flight; on speedy foot. I will wish her speedy strength. Shak. Darts, which not the good could shun, The speedy ould outfly. Dryden.

A sphere. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To stab. [Obs.] Gammer Gurton's Needle.

An Indian wigwam or tent.

A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig. Her powdered hair is turned backward over a toupee. G. Eliot.

A kind of loose dress for women. [Obs.] Goldsmith.

Adapted for producing or for receiving either of two speeds; -- said of a power-transmitting device.

To peep under. "The flame . . . would underpeep her lids." [R.] Shak.