Definition of runner

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Runner (n.) A rope rove through a block and used to increase the mechanical power of a tackle.

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Pung :: Pung (n.) A kind of plain sleigh drawn by one horse; originally, a rude oblong box on runners..
Cursitor :: Cursitor (n.) A courier or runner.
Runner :: Runner (n.) A smuggler.
Shoemaker :: Shoemaker (n.) The runner, 12..
Runner :: Runner (n.) A slender trailing branch which takes root at the joints or end and there forms new plants, as in the strawberry and the common cinquefoil..
Sleigh :: Sleigh (n.) A vehicle moved on runners, and used for transporting persons or goods on snow or ice; -- in England commonly called a sledge..
Sled :: Sled (n.) A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice; -- in England called sledge..
Runner :: Runner (n.) Any cursorial bird.
Sledge :: Sledge (n.) A strong vehicle with low runners or low wheels; or one without wheels or runners, made of plank slightly turned up at one end, used for transporting loads upon the snow, ice, or bare ground; a sled..
Runner :: Runner (n.) A movable slab or rubber used in grinding or polishing a surface of stone.
Bridgetree :: Bridgetree (n.) The beam which supports the spindle socket of the runner in a grinding mill.
Slipes :: Slipes (v.) Sledge runners on which a skip is dragged in a mine.
Runner :: Runner (n.) A trough or channel for leading molten metal from a furnace to a ladle, mold, or pig bed..
Forerunner :: Forerunner (n.) A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger; a sign foreshowing something; a prognostic; as, the forerunner of a fever..
Prodrome :: Prodrome (n.) A forerunner; a precursor.
Sarment :: Sarment (n.) A prostrate filiform stem or runner, as of the strawberry. See Runner..
Footman :: Footman (n.) Formerly, a servant who ran in front of his master's carriage; a runner..
Renner :: Renner (n.) A runner.
Kibitka :: Kibitka (n.) A rude kind of Russian vehicle, on wheels or on runners, sometimes covered with cloth or leather, and often used as a movable habitation..
Sled :: Sled (n.) A small, light vehicle with runners, used, mostly by young persons, for sliding on snow or ice..
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