the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > 			[adjective]		 > flying (as) with wings > flying swiftly (4)		
Having swift wings, flying swiftly, rapid in flight (literal and figurative).
having fleet wings, swift of flight.
That clips, or cuts with shears; that flies or moves fast.
swift-flying (Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. 1860).