Category:Running

Run"ning, a.

1. Moving or advancing by running. Specifically, of a horse; (a) having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer. (b) trained and kept for running races; as, a running horse. Law.

2. 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.

3. Flowing; easy; cursive; as, a running hand.

4. Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the facts With a running explanation. "a running conquest." Milton. What are art and science if not a running commentary on nature hare.

5. (bot.)

Defn: extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem; as, a running Vine.

6. (med.)

Defn: discharging pus; as, a running sore. Running block (mech.), a Block in an arrangement of pulleys which rises or sinks with the Weight which is raised or lowered. -- running board, a narrow platform extending along the side of a Locomotive. -- running bowsprit (naut.) Same as reefing bowsprit. -- running days (com.), the consecutive days occupied on a voyage Under working days. Simmonds. -- running fire, a constant fire of musketry or cannon. -- running gear, the wheels and axles of a vehicle, and their Attachments, in distinction from the body; all the working parts of a Locomotive or other machine, in distinction from the framework. -- running hand, a style of rapid writing in which the letters are Usually slanted and the words formed without lifting the pen; -- Distinguished from round hand. -- running part (naut.), that part of a rope that is hauled upon, -- In distinction from the standing part. -- running rigging (naut.), that part of a ship's rigging or ropes Which passes through blocks, etc.; -- is distinction from standing Rigging. -- running title (print.), the title of a book or chapter continued From page to page on the upper margin.

Running Run"ning, n.

Defn: the act of one who, or of that which runs; as, the running was Slow.

2. That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in A certain time or during a certain operation; as, the first running Of a still.

3. The discharge from an ulcer or other sore. At long running, in the Long run. [obs.] Jer. Taylor.