Definition of running

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

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Outrun :: Outrun (v. t.) To exceed, or leave behind, in running; to run faster than; to outstrip; to go beyond..
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..
Ripple :: Ripple (n.) The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves..
Fluxion :: Fluxion (n.) Fusion; the running of metals into a fluid state.
Omnibus :: Omnibus (n.) A long four-wheeled carriage, having seats for many people; especially, one with seats running lengthwise, used in conveying passengers short distances..
Grosgrain :: Grosgrain (a.) Of a coarse texture; -- applied to silk with a heavy thread running crosswise.
Hell :: Hell (v. t.) A dungeon or prison; also, in certain running games, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention..
Kneck :: Kneck (n.) The twisting of a rope or cable, as it is running out..
Cursores :: Cursores (n. pl.) An order of running birds including the ostrich, emu, and allies; the Ratitaae..
Percurrent :: Percurrent (a.) Running through the entire length.
Looping :: Looping (n.) The running together of the matter of an ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination..
Moss :: Moss (n.) A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with distinct stem and simple leaves. The fruit is a small capsule usually opening by an apical lid, and so discharging the spores. There are many species, collectively termed Musci, growing on the earth, on rocks, and trunks of trees, etc., and a few in running water..
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..
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..
Horseman :: Horseman (n.) A land crab of the genus Ocypoda, living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies, noted for running very swiftly..
Ostrich :: Ostrich (n.) A large bird of the genus Struthio, of which Struthio camelus of Africa is the best known species. It has long and very strong legs, adapted for rapid running; only two toes; a long neck, nearly bare of feathers; and short wings incapable of flight. The adult male is about eight feet high..
Curriculum :: Curriculum (n.) A race course; a place for running.
Purling :: Purling (n.) The motion of a small stream running among obstructions; also, the murmur it makes in so doing..
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..
Cursive :: Cursive (n.) A manuscript, especially of the New Testament, written in small, connected characters or in a running hand; -- opposed to uncial..
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