Definition of run

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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..

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Standing :: Standing (a.) Not movable; fixed; as, a standing bed (distinguished from a trundle-bed)..
Giddy :: Giddy (superl.) Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round with celerity; gyratory; whirling.
Dispart :: Dispart (n.) A piece of metal placed on the muzzle, or near the trunnions, on the top of a piece of ordnance, to make the line of sight parallel to the axis of the bore; -- called also dispart sight, and muzzle sight..
Adansonia :: Adansonia (n.) A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth..
Spray :: Spray (n.) A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches.
Stagirite :: Staging (n.) The business of running stagecoaches; also, the act of journeying in stagecoaches..
Decurrence :: Decurrence (n.) The act of running down; a lapse.
Scud :: Scud (v. i.) To be driven swiftly, or to run, before a gale, with little or no sail spread..
Runner :: Runner (n.) A horizontal channel in a mold, through which the metal flows to the cavity formed by the pattern; also, the waste metal left in such a channel..
Acrolith :: Acrolith (n.) A statue whose extremities are of stone, the trunk being generally of wood..
Running :: Running (a.) Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the facts with a running explanation..
Healall :: Healall (n.) A common herb of the Mint family (Brunela vulgaris), destitute of active properties, but anciently thought a panacea..
Corindon :: Corindon (n.) See Corrundum.
Coffer :: Coffer (n.) A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables..
Trunk :: Trunk (n.) A long tube through which pellets of clay, p/as, etc., are driven by the force of the breath..
Mum :: Mum (n.) A sort of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany..
Run :: Run (n.) A small stream; a brook; a creek.
Lantern :: Lantern (n.) A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion (below).
Efflux :: Efflux (v. i.) To run out; to flow forth; to pass away.
Sow :: Sow (n.) A channel or runner which receives the rows of molds in the pig bed.
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