Definition of run

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Run (a.) To continue in operation; to be kept in action or motion; as, this engine runs night and day; the mill runs six days in the week..

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Run :: Run (n.) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by license of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes..
Run :: Run (a.) To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank; -- with on..
Grunter :: Grunter (n.) One of several American marine fishes. See Sea robin, and Grunt, n., 2..
Hydrometrical :: Hydrometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to measurement of the velocity, discharge, etc., of running water..
Run :: Run (a.) To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation; as, to run from one subject to another..
Run :: Run (a.) To flow, as a liquid; to ascend or descend; to course; as, rivers run to the sea; sap runs up in the spring; her blood ran cold..
Coamings :: Coamings (n. pl.) Raised pieces of wood of iron around a hatchway, skylight, or other opening in the deck, to prevent water from running bellow; esp. the fore-and-aft pieces of a hatchway frame as distinguished from the transverse head ledges..
Coursing :: Coursing (n.) The pursuit or running game with dogs that follow by sight instead of by scent.
Rill :: Rill (v. i.) To run a small stream.
Runner :: Runner (n.) One of the pieces on which a sled or sleigh slides; also the part or blade of a skate which slides on the ice.
Martin :: Martin (n.) A perforated stone-faced runner for grinding.
Hanger :: Hanger (n.) A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. See Illust. of Countershaft.
Yronne :: Yronne (p. p.) Run.
Race :: Race (n.) Esp., swift progress; rapid course; a running..
But :: But (v. t.) The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks..
Transversal :: Transversal (a.) Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line..
Gean :: Gean (n.) A species of cherry tree common in Europe (Prunus avium); also, the fruit, which is usually small and dark in color..
Gantlet :: Gantlet (n.) A military punishment formerly in use, wherein the offender was made to run between two files of men facing one another, who struck him as he passed..
Scoot :: Scoot (v. i.) To walk fast; to go quickly; to run hastily away.
Retrieve :: Retrieve (n.) The recovery of game once sprung; -- an old sporting term.
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