Definition of run

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Run (v. i.) To encounter or incur, as a danger or risk; as, to run the risk of losing one's life. See To run the chances, below..

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Rest :: Rest (n.) The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account.
Rimbase :: Rimbase (n.) A short cylinder connecting a trunnion with the body of a cannon. See Illust. of Cannon.
Wedge-shaped :: Wedge-shaped (a.) Broad and truncate at the summit, and tapering down to the base; as, a wedge-shaped leaf..
Washboard :: Washboard (n.) A board running round, and serving as a facing for, the walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard..
Pung :: Pung (n.) A kind of plain sleigh drawn by one horse; originally, a rude oblong box on runners..
Potpourri :: Potpourri (n.) A piece of music made up of different airs strung together; a medley.
Fisk :: Fisk (v. i.) To run about; to frisk; to whisk.
Crook :: Crook (n.) The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep..
Lethe :: Lethe (n.) A river of Hades whose waters when drunk caused forgetfulness of the past.
Race :: Race (n.) Esp., swift progress; rapid course; a running..
Wearish :: Wearish (a.) Weak; withered; shrunk.
Emery :: Emery (n.) Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts for grinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is mixed with more or less magnetic iron. See the Note under Corundum..
Pylangium :: Pylangium (n.) The first and undivided part of the aortic trunk in the amphibian heart.
Spiller :: Spill (v. i.) To be shed; to run over; to fall out, and be lost or wasted..
Antiparallel :: Antiparallel (a.) Running in a contrary direction.
Sessa :: Sessa (interj.) Hurry; run.
Slue :: Slue (n.) A slough; a run or wet place. See 2d Slough, 2..
Hayrack :: Hayrack (n.) A frame mounted on the running gear of a wagon, and used in hauling hay, straw, sheaves, etc.; -- called also hay rigging..
Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns..
Heartwood :: Heartwood (n.) The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree, consisting of the old and matured wood, and usually differing in color from the outer layers. It is technically known as duramen, and distinguished from the softer sapwood or alburnum..
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