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Webster 1913 Edition


Swiftfoot

Swift′footˊ

,
Adj.
Nimble; fleet.
Mir. for Mag.

Swift′footˊ

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
The courser.

Definition 2024


swiftfoot

swiftfoot

English

Noun

swiftfoot

  1. A bird, the courser.
    • Sir William Jardine
      The Courser or Swiftfoot [] are Little Bustard Plovers, intermediate in many respects, and showing a beautiful gradation of form.

Adjective

swiftfoot (comparative more swiftfoot, superlative most swiftfoot)

  1. (obsolete) nimble; fleet
    (Can we find and add a quotation of The Mirror for Magistrates to this entry?)