adj
Meaning 1
nimble; fleet
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
swiftfoot
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noun
Meaning 2
A bird, the courser.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 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.
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History
Etymology
From swift + foot.
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