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Wash :: Wash (v. i.) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; -- said of road, a beach, etc..

Percurrent :: Percurrent (a.) Running through the entire length.

Quitch Grass :: Quitch grass () A perennial grass (Agropyrum repens) having long running rootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly and pertinaciously, and so becomes a troublesome weed. Also called couch grass, quick grass, quick grass, twitch grass. See Illustration in Appendix..

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

Overrun :: Overrun (v. t.) To exceed in distance or speed of running; to go beyond or pass in running.

Spud :: Spry (superl.) Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active.

Carling :: Carling (n.) A short timber running lengthwise of a ship, from one transverse desk beam to another; also, one of the cross timbers that strengthen a hath; -- usually in pl..

Appulse :: Appulse (n.) A driving or running towards; approach; impulse; also, the act of striking against..

Sledding :: Sledding (n.) The state of the snow which admits of the running of sleds; as, the sledding is good..

Stream :: Stream (n.) A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano..

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..

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

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

Otorrh/a :: Otorrh/a (n.) A flow or running from the ear, esp. a purulent discharge..

Countercurrent :: Countercurrent (n.) A current running in an opposite direction to the main current.

Courser :: Courser (n.) A grallatorial bird of Europe (Cursorius cursor), remarkable for its speed in running. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to running birds of the Ostrich family..

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..

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

Overrunning :: Overrunning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overru.

Subterfuge :: Subterfluous (a.) Running under or beneath.

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