Quick; swift; speedy.Early; coming before others, or before the usual time; youthful.Near; proximate.Quickly; swiftly; speedily.Early; soon.n. A fortified dwelling of an ancient Irish chief. The word occurs as the initial element in many Irish place-names, as Rathkeale. Rathlin, etc.n. A name given to certain rock-cut Buddhist temples in India.n. A Burmese state carriage.