Speed /(?)/

Speed

Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success.
O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day.
— Gen. xxiv. 12.
The act or state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity; rapidly; rate of motion; dispatch; as, the speed a horse or a vessel.
Speed, to describe whose swiftness number fails.
— Milton.
One who, or that which, causes or promotes speed or success. [Obs.]

God speed: Good speed; prosperity. See Godspeed.
Speed gauge: devices for indicating or recording the rate of a body's motion, as the number of revolutions of a shaft in a given time.
Speed lathe: a power lathe with a rapidly revolving spindle, for turning small objects, for polishing, etc.; a hand lathe.
Speed pulley: a cone pulley with steps.

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Sped; p. pr. & vb. n. Speeding

To go; to fare. [Obs.]
To warn him now he is too farre sped.
— Remedy of Love.
To experience in going; to have any condition, good or ill; to fare.
Ships heretofore in seas like fishes sped; The mightiest still upon the smallest fed.
— Waller.
To fare well; to have success; to prosper.
Save London, and send true lawyers their meed! For whoso wants money with them shall not speed!
— Lydgate.

I told ye then he should prevail, and speed On his bad errand.
— Milton.
To make haste; to move with celerity.
I have speeded hither with the very extremest inch of possibility.
— Shak.
To be expedient. [Obs.]

v. t.

To cause to be successful, or to prosper; hence, to aid; to favor.
With rising gales that speed their happy flight.
— Dryden.
To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
He sped him thence home to his habitation.
— Fairfax.
To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.
Judicial acts . . . are sped in open court at the instance of one or both of the parties.
— Ayliffe.
To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin; to undo.
A dire dilemma! either way I 'm sped. If foes, they write, if friends, they read, me dead.
— Pope.
To wish success or god fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.
Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.
— Pope.