Definition of running

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Running (a.) trained and kept for running races; as, a running horse..

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Hand :: Hand (n.) Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or running hand. Hence, a signature..
Spud :: Spry (superl.) Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active.
Lugger :: Lugger (n.) A small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails. See Illustration in Appendix..
Career :: Career (n.) A running; full speed; a rapid course.
Sluice :: Sluice (v. t.) To wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice; as, to sluice eart or gold dust in mining..
Decursive :: Decursive (a.) Running down; decurrent.
Running :: Running (a.) trained and kept for running races; as, a running horse..
Babble :: Babble (v. i.) To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones..
Fluxion :: Fluxion (n.) Fusion; the running of metals into a fluid state.
Running :: Running (a.) Successive; one following the other without break or intervention; -- said of periods of time; as, to be away two days running; to sow land two years running..
Fair-leader :: Fair-leader (n.) A block, or ring, serving as a guide for the running rigging or for any rope..
Hip :: Hip (n.) The external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides or skirts of a roof, which have their wall plates running in different directions..
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..
Purling :: Purling (n.) The motion of a small stream running among obstructions; also, the murmur it makes in so doing..
Appulse :: Appulse (n.) A driving or running towards; approach; impulse; also, the act of striking against..
Subterfuge :: Subterfluous (a.) Running under or beneath.
Percurrent :: Percurrent (a.) Running through the entire length.
Water Course :: Water course () A running stream of water having a bed and banks; the easement one may have in the flowing of such a stream in its accustomed course. A water course may be sometimes dry.
Pound :: Pound (v. i.) To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds..
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..
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