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Running :: Running (a.) Discharging pus; as, a running sore..

Light-heeled :: Light-heeled (a.) Lively in walking or running; brisk; light-footed.

Run :: Run (v. i.) To go through or accomplish by running; as, to run a race; to run a certain career..

Race :: Race (n.) Hence: The act or process of running in competition; a contest of speed in any way, as in running, riding, driving, skating, rowing, sailing; in the plural, usually, a meeting for contests in the running of horses; as, he attended the races..

Gauge :: Gauge (v. t.) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment..

Diagonal :: Diagonal (a.) Joining two not adjacent angles of a quadrilateral or multilateral figure; running across from corner to corner; crossing at an angle with one of the sides.

Prone :: Prone (a.) Headlong; running downward or headlong.

Babble :: Babble (v. i.) To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones..

Fair-leader :: Fair-leader (n.) A block, or ring, serving as a guide for the running rigging or for any rope..

Gymnastical :: Gymnastical (a.) Pertaining to athletic exercises intended for health, defense, or diversion; -- said of games or exercises, as running, leaping, wrestling, throwing the discus, the javelin, etc.; also, pertaining to disciplinary exercises for the intellect; athletic; as, gymnastic exercises, contests, etc..

Fluxion :: Fluxion (n.) Fusion; the running of metals into a fluid state.

Crosshead :: Crosshead (n.) A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod, etc., or a block attached to it and carrying a knuckle pin; as the solid crosspiece running between parallel slides, which receives motion from the piston of a steam engine and imparts it to the connecting rod, which is hinged to the crosshead..

Confluent :: Confluent (a.) Flowing together; meeting in their course; running one into another.

Cursive :: Cursive (n.) A manuscript, especially of the New Testament, written in small, connected characters or in a running hand; -- opposed to uncial..

Sandglass :: Sandglass (n.) An instrument for measuring time by the running of sand. See Hourglass.

Countercurrent :: Countercurrent (a.) Running in an opposite direction.

Bondstone :: Bondstone (n.) A stone running through a wall from one face to another, to bind it together; a binding stone..

Sleighing :: Sleighing (n.) The state of the snow or ice which admits of running sleighs.

Recurrent :: Recurrent (a.) Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve or artery..

Lope :: Lope (n.) An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps..

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