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Lasso :: Lasso (n.) A rope or long thong of leather with, a running noose, used for catching horses, cattle, etc..

Cursory :: Cursory (a.) Running about; not stationary.

Percursory :: Percursory (a.) Running over slightly or in haste; cursory.

Counter-courant :: Counter-courant (a.) Running in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in a coast of arms.

Curtail Dog :: Curtail dog () A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person not qualified to course, which, by the forest laws, must have its tail cut short, partly as a mark, and partly from a notion that the tail is necessary to a dog in running; hence, a dog not fit for sporting..

Diagonal :: Diagonal (n.) A member, in a framed structure, running obliquely across a panel..

Hank :: Hank (n.) A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay..

Scotchman :: Scotchman (n.) A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear.

Ripple :: Ripple (n.) The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves..

Rush :: Rush (n.) The act of running with the ball.

Hydrometrical :: Hydrometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to measurement of the velocity, discharge, etc., of running water..

Gallop :: Gallop (v. i.) A mode of running by a quadruped, particularly by a horse, by lifting alternately the fore feet and the hind feet, in successive leaps or bounds..

Streamy :: Streamy (a.) Abounding with streams, or with running water; streamful..

Preposition :: Preposition (n.) A word employed to connect a noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word; a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word; -- so called because usually placed before the word with which it is phrased; as, a bridge of iron; he comes from town; it is good for food; he escaped by running..

Grosgrain :: Grosgrain (a.) Of a coarse texture; -- applied to silk with a heavy thread running crosswise.

Beslobber :: Beslobber (v. t.) To slobber on; to smear with spittle running from the mouth. Also Fig.: as, to beslobber with praise..

Gallinule :: Gallinule (n.) One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is Ionornis Martinica, that of the Old World is Porphyrio porphyrio. The common European gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) is also called moor hen, water hen, water rail, moor coot, night bird, and erroneously dabchick. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule

Stagirite :: Staging (n.) The business of running stagecoaches; also, the act of journeying in stagecoaches..

Fake :: Fake (v. t.) To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form,, to prevent twisting when running out..

Walk :: Walk (n.) The act of walking, or moving on the feet with a slow pace; advance without running or leaping..

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