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Intransitive :: Intransitive (a.) Not transitive; not passing over to an object; expressing an action or state that is limited to the agent or subject, or, in other words, an action which does not require an object to complete the sense; as, an intransitive verb, e. g., the bird flies; the dog runs..

Runner :: Runner (n.) The rotating stone of a set of millstones.

Lantern :: Lantern (n.) A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion (below).

Fast :: Fast (n.) The shaft of a column, or trunk of pilaster..

Running :: Running (n.) That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation; as, the first running of a still..

Tree :: Tree (n.) Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk.

Looping :: Looping (n.) The running together of the matter of an ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination..

Lope :: Lope (n.) An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps..

Grunter :: Grunter (n.) A hook used in lifting a crucible.

Cherry :: Cherry (n.) The wild cherry; as, Prunus serotina (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; P. Virginiana (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; P. avium and P. Padus, European trees (bird cherry)..

Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns..

Obtruncate :: Obtruncate (v. t.) To deprive of a limb; to lop.

Runner :: Runner (n.) A smuggler.

Start :: Start (v. t.) To cause to move or act; to set going, running, or flowing; as, to start a railway train; to start a mill; to start a stream of water; to start a rumor; to start a business..

Run :: Run (a.) To move rapidly by springing steps so that there is an instant in each step when neither foot touches the ground; -- so distinguished from walking in athletic competition.

Downhill :: Downhill (adv.) Towards the bottom of a hill; as, water runs downhill..

Stagecoachmen :: Stagecoach (n.) A coach that runs regularly from one stage, station, or place to another, for the conveyance of passengers..

Low :: Low (adv.) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; -- said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution; as, the moon runs low, that is, is comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian..

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle.

Sight :: Sight (v. t.) A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech, muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in aiming..

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