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Ripple :: Ripple (v. i.) To become fretted or dimpled on the surface, as water when agitated or running over a rough bottom; to be covered with small waves or undulations, as a field of grain..

Corrasion :: Corrasion (n.) The erosion of the bed of a stream by running water, principally by attrition of the detritus carried along by the stream, but also by the solvent action of the water..

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

Transfluent :: Transfluent (a.) Flowing or running across or through; as, a transfluent stream..

Wing :: Wing (n.) One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming..

Gimp :: Gimp (n.) A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running through it; -- used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc..

Excurrent :: Excurrent (a.) Running or extending out; as, an excurrent midrib, one which projects beyond the apex of a leaf; an excurrent steam or trunk, one which continues to the top..

Looping :: Looping (n.) The running together of the matter of an ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination..

Running :: Running (a.) Having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.

Running :: Running (a.) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem; as, a running vine..

Manger :: Manger (n.) The fore part of the deck, having a bulkhead athwart ships high enough to prevent water which enters the hawse holes from running over it..

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

Cursorily :: Cursorily (adv.) In a running or hasty manner; carelessly.

Inrunning :: Inrunning (n.) The act or the place of entrance; an inlet.

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

Dog-legged :: dog-legged (a.) Noting a flight of stairs, consisting of two or more straight portions connected by a platform (landing) or platforms, and running in opposite directions without an intervening wellhole..

Wind-broken :: Wind-broken (a.) Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture, dilatation, or running together of air cells of the lungs, so that while the inspiration is by one effort, the expiration is by two; affected with pulmonary emphysema or with heaves; -- said of a horse..

Transversal :: Transversal (a.) Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line..

Shelf :: Shelf (v. i.) A piece of timber running the whole length of a vessel inside the timberheads.

Buck :: Buck (v. t.) To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water..

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