Transitoriness: alternatives and connections

A narrow passage; especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way.

A supernatural being supposed by the Irish and Scotch peasantry to warn a family of the speedy death of one of its members, by wailing…

To obstruct so as to prevent passage or progress; to prevent passage from, through, or into, by obstructing the way; -- used both of p…

To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; as, to bore one's way through a crowd; to force a narrow and difficult passage…

Perishable; frail; transitory.

A light transitory air which ruffles the surface of the water during a calm, or the ripples made by such a puff of air.

A writ issuing out of chancery, or a superior court, to call up the records of a inferior court, or remove a cause there depending, in…

The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another person, in his own words; also, the passage or words quoted; quotation.

Departure, especially departure from this life; death.

To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.

Bent on haste; intent on speedy execution of business or any task; indicating haste; quick; as, dispatchful looks.

A way of departure; passage out of a place; egress; way out.

The act of expounding or of laying open the sense or meaning of an author, or a passage; explanation; interpretation; the sense put up…

The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue; -- called also the isth…

Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as, the fleeting hours or moments.

An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing a current of air, gases, etc.; an air passage

An opening for passage in any inclosing wall, fence, or barrier; or the suspended framework which closes or opens a passage. Also, fig…

A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary perception; a quick sight.