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g; tending to produce corruption. It should be endued with some corruptive quality for so speedy a dissolution of the meat. Ray.

Characteristic of the cosmos or universe; inconceivably great; vast; as, cosmic speed. "Cosmic ranges of time." Tyndall.

aste to convey letters or dispatches, usually on public busuness. The wary Bassa . . . by speedy couriers, advertised Solyman of the enemy's purpose. Knolles.

To move with speed; to race; as, the blood courses through the veins. Shak.

A grallatorial bird of Europe (Cursorius cursor), remarkable for its speed in running. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to running birds of the Ostrich family.

A fall on one's head when riding at full speed, as in hunting; hence, a sudden failure or collapse. [Slang.]

owd sail (Naut.), to carry an extraordinary amount of sail, with a view to accelerate the speed of a vessel; to carry a press of sail.

To overcome completely; to subdue totally. Speedily overtaking and crushing the rebels. Sir. W. Scott. To crush a cup, to drink. [Obs.] -- To crush out. (a) To force out or separate by pressure, as juice from grapes. (b) To overcome or destroy completely; to suppress.

A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race course; -- used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the race.

To subdue; to conquer in war. [Obs.] Speed.

Beheading. [R.] By a speedy dethroning and decolling of the king. Parliamentary History (1648).

The act of deploring or lamenting; lamentation. Speed.

Deportment. [Obs.] Stately port and majestical deporture. Speed.

A driving or thrusting away. [R.] Speed.

, Discovery or view, as of an army seen at a distance. [Obs.] Near, and on speedy foot; the main descry Stands on the hourly thought. Shak.

Bringing to an end; termination; limit. A speedy determination of that war. Ludlow.

Dethronement. [Obs.] Speed.

The act of plundering, despoiling, or snatching away. [R.] Speed.

To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform. Ere we put ourselves in arms, dispatch we The business we have talked of. Shak. [The] harvest men . . . almost in one fair day dispatcheth all the harvest work. Robynson (More's Utopia).

Bent on haste; intent on speedy execution of business or any task; indicating haste; quick; as, dispatchful looks. Milton.