Relay: alternatives and connections

One who contended for a prize in the public games of ancient Greece or Rome.

A Greek measure of length, being the chief one used for itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for nautical and astronomical…

Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled as the seat of the gods, or to Olympia, a small plain in Elis.

To run very rapidly; to run at full speed.

To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than that…

An alloy of copper and tin, to which small proportions of other metals, especially zinc, are sometimes added. It is hard and sonorous,…

To move slowly by drawing the body along the ground, as a worm; to move slowly on hands and knees; to creep.

A quoit; a circular plate of some heavy material intended to be pitched or hurled as a trial of strength and skill.

To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid.

That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad.

Pertaining to the end or conclusion; last; terminating; ultimate; as, the final day of a school term.

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

Alt. of Goolde

A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and c…

A sort of light spear, to be thrown or cast by thew hand; anciently, a weapon of war used by horsemen and foot soldiers; now used chie…

A kind of loose jacket for men.

Alone.

The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest…