Webster's Dictionary 1913

7885

Speculatory

Spec″u‐la‐to‐ry (?), a. [L. speculatorius belonging to spies or scouts.] 1. Intended or adapted for viewing or espying; having oversight. T. Warton.2. Exercising speculation; sp...

7886

Speculist

Spec″u‐list (?), n. One who observes or considers; an observer. Goldsmith.

7887

Speculum

Spec″u‐lum (?), n.; pl. L. Specula (#), E. Speculum (#). [L., fr. specere to look, behold. See Spy.] 1. A mirror, or looking-glass; especially, a metal mirror, as in Greek and R...

7888

Sped

Sped (?), imp. & p. p. of Speed.

7889

Speece

Speece (?), n. Species; sort.

7890

Speech

Speech (?), n. [OE. speche, AS. sp�c, spr�, fr. specan, sprecan, to speak; akin to D. spraak speech, OHG. sprāhha, G. sprache, Sw. spr�k, Dan. sprog. See Speak.] 1. The faculty ...

7891

Speech (2)

Speech, v. i. & t. To make a speech; to harangue.

7892

Speechful

Speech″ful (?), a. Full of speech or words; voluble; loquacious.

7893

Speechification

Speech′i‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n.[See Spechify.] The act of speechifying.

7894

Speechifier

Speech″i‐fi′er (?), n. One who makes a speech or speeches; an orator; a declaimer. G. Eliot.

7895

Speechify

Speech″i‐fy (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Speechified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Speechifying (?).] [Speech + -fy.] To make a speech; to harangue.

7896

Speechifying

Speech″i‐fy′ing, n. The act of making a speech or speeches.The dinner and speechifying... at the opening of the annual season for the buckhounds. M. Arnold.

7897

Speeching

Speech″ing, n. The act of making a speech.

7898

Speechless

Speech″less, a. 1. Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech.2. Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent.Speechless with wonder, and half dead with fear. Addison.— Speec...

7899

Speechmaker

Speech″mak′er (?), n. One who makes speeches; one accustomed to speak in a public assembly.

7900

Speed

Speed (?), n. [AS. sp�d success, swiftness, from sp�wan to succeed; akin to D. spoedd, OHG. spuot success, spuot to succees, Skr. sphā to increase, grow fat. √170b.] 1. Prosperi...

7901

Speed (2)

Speed (spēd), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Sped (spĕd), Speeded; p. pr. & vb. n.Speeding.] [AS. spēdan, fr. spēd, n.; akin to D. spoeden, G. sich sputen. See Speed, n.] 1. To go; to fare....

7902

Speed (3)

Speed, v. t. 1. To cause to be successful, or to prosper; hence, to aid; to favor. “Fortune speed us!” Shak.With rising gales that speed their happy flight. Dryden.2. To cause t...

7903

Speed counter

Speed counter. (Mach.) A device for automatically counting the revolutions or pulsations of an engine or other machine; — called also simply counter.

7904

Speeder

Speed″er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, speeds.2. (Spinning) A machine for drawing and twisting slivers to form rovings.

7905

Speedful

Speed″ful (?), a. Full of speed (in any sense).

7906

Speedfully

Speed″ful‐ly, adv. In a speedful manner.

7907

Speedily

Speed″i‐ly (?), adv. In a speedy manner.

7908

Speediness

Speed″i‐ness, n. The quality or state of being speedy.

7909

Speedless

Speed″less, a. Being without speed.

7910

Speedwell

Speed″well (?), n.(Bot.) Any plant of the genus Veronica, mostly low herbs with pale blue corollas, which quickly fall off.

7911

Speedy

Speed″y (–y̆), a. [Compar.Speedier (?); superl.Speediest.] [AS. spēdyg.] Not dilatory or slow; quick; swift; nimble; hasty; rapid in motion or performance; as, a speedy flight; ...