tantivy

1. not comparableobsoleteAt full tilt

   Fryar John began to paw, neigh and whinny at the Snout's end, as one ready to leap, or at least to play the Ass, and get up and ride tantivy to the Devil like a Beggar on Horseback.

   1737, John Ozell, ed., The Works of Francis Rabelais, M.D., fourth book, J. Brindley and C. Corbett, page 213

plural tantivies

1. obsoleteA rapid gallop

   a. 1658, John Cleveland, letter to a Parliament Officer at Grantham Sir , I expected to hear from you in the Language of the lost Groat , and the Prodigal Son , and not in such a Tantivy of Language

2. informalThe sound of a hunting horn in imitation of a galloping horse

   Jack then placed himself on the opposite side of the pit, farthest from the giant’s lodging, and, just at the break of day, he put the horn to his mouth, and blew, Tantivy, Tantivy. This noise roused the giant.

   1898, Joseph Jacobs, English Fairy Tales, David Nutt

present singular third person tantivies · participle present tantivying · participle past tantivied · past tantivied

1. intransitiveTo hurry off.