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swiftfoot en · ADJ

Etymology

From swift + foot.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) nimble; fleet
    • The hauke, the hound, the hinde, the swift-foot hare 1610, “Robert, Duke of Normandy”, in Richard Niccols, editor, The Mirror for Magistrates:

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most swiftfoot Degree=Sup lexicographic

Synonyms

swift-footed

swiftfoot en · NOUN

Etymology

From swift + foot.

Meanings

  1. (archaic) The courser (any of various birds in the genera Cursorius and Rhinoptilus).
    • cream-coloured swiftfoot
    • 1838-1842, William Jardine, The Natural History of the Birds of Great Britain and Ireland The Courser or Swiftfoot […] are Little Bustard Plovers, intermediate in many respects, and showing a beautiful gradation of form.