a.
Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion. →
n.
Similarity of form; resemblance in external characters, while widely different in fundamental structure; resemblance in geometric ground form. See Homophyly, Promorphology. →
v. i.
To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. "Your arrow hath glanced". →
n.
A kind of monomania in which the patient believes himself transformed into one of the lower animals. →