Definition of run

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Run (n.) The distance sailed by a ship; as, a good run; a run of fifty miles..

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Arm :: Arm (n.) A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard..
Venturesome :: Venturesome (a.) Inclined to venture; not loth to run risk or danger; venturous; bold; daring; adventurous; as, a venturesome boy or act..
Stud :: Stud (n.) A stem; a trunk.
Step :: Step (v. i.) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs..
Myotome :: Myotome (n.) A muscular segment; one of the zones into which the muscles of the trunk, especially in fishes, are divided; a myocomma..
Mooruk :: Mooruk (n.) A species of cassowary (Casuarius Bennetti) found in New Britain, and noted for its agility in running and leaping. It is smaller and has stouter legs than the common cassowary. Its crest is biloted; the neck and breast are black; the back, rufous mixed with black; and the naked skin of the neck, blue..
Brownism :: Brownism (n.) The doctrines of the Brunonian system of medicine. See Brunonian.
Gerund :: Gerund (n.) A verbal noun ending in -e, preceded by to and usually denoting purpose or end; -- called also the dative infinitive; as, Ic haebbe mete to etanne (I have meat to eat.) In Modern English the name has been applied to verbal or participal nouns in -ing denoting a transitive action; e. g., by throwing a stone..
Runlet :: Runlet (n.) A little run or stream; a streamlet; a brook.
Bacchanalianism :: Bacchanalianism (n.) The practice of bacchanalians; bacchanals; drunken revelry.
Valance :: Valance (n.) The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk. which covers the joint when the lid is closed.
Overrun :: Overrun (v. t.) To extend the contents of (a line, column, or page) into the next line, column, or page..
Runaway :: Runaway (a.) Running away; fleeing from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; as, runaway soldiers; a runaway horse..
Hourglass :: Hourglass (n.) An instrument for measuring time, especially the interval of an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two compartments, from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand, water, or mercury occupies an hour in running through a small aperture unto the lower..
Amputate :: Amputate (v. t.) To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils..
Elephant :: Elephant (n.) A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, are known. They have a proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards. The molar teeth are large and have transverse folds. Elephants are the largest land animals now existing..
Cittern :: Cittern (n.) An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and played with a quill or plectrum..
Grunter :: Grunter (n.) One who, or that which, grunts; specifically, a hog..
Scleroderm :: Scleroderm (n.) One of a tribe of plectognath fishes (Sclerodermi) having the skin covered with hard scales, or plates, as the cowfish and the trunkfish..
Slaver :: Slaver (v. i.) To suffer spittle, etc., to run from the mouth..
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