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   Rapid, Rapids  , n. [Cf. F. rapide. See Rapid, a.] The part of a river where the current moves with great swiftness, but without actual waterfall or cascade; sometimes called whitewater; -- usually used in the plural; as, the Lachine rapids in the St. Lawrence. For boaters on the river, it is a place that can be hazardous, with danger of capsizing or crashing into large rocks.
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   Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast,
   The rapids are near, and the daylight's past.
   Moore.
   
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