Definition of run

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Run (a.) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing closehauled; -- said of vessels..

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Runner :: Runner (n.) A tool on which lenses are fastened in a group, for polishing or grinding..
Turnstone :: Turnstone (n.) Any species of limicoline birds of the genera Strepsilas and Arenaria, allied to the plovers, especially the common American and European species (Strepsilas interpres). They are so called from their habit of turning up small stones in search of mollusks and other aquatic animals. Called also brant bird, sand runner, sea quail, sea lark, sparkback, and skirlcrake..
Stringed :: Strung (p. p.) of Strin.
Frondation :: Frondation (n.) The act of stripping, as trees, of leaves or branches; a kind of pruning..
Runround :: Runround (n.) A felon or whitlow.
Run :: Run (a.) To creep, as serpents..
Manitrunk :: Manitrunk (n.) The anterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Insect.
Run :: Run (n.) The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run..
Dispart :: Dispart (n.) A piece of metal placed on the muzzle, or near the trunnions, on the top of a piece of ordnance, to make the line of sight parallel to the axis of the bore; -- called also dispart sight, and muzzle sight..
Partisan :: Partisan (n.) A kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff..
Prune :: Prune (v. t.) To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or smooth by trimming; to trim: as, to prune trees; to prune an essay..
Bacchanal :: Bacchanal (n.) Drunken revelry; an orgy.
Mahaled :: Mahaled (n.) A cherry tree (Prunus Mahaleb) of Southern Europe. The wood is prized by cabinetmakers, the twigs are used for pipe stems, the flowers and leaves yield a perfume, and from the fruit a violet dye and a fermented liquor (like kirschwasser) are prepared..
Lank :: Lank (superl.) Slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
Tamarind :: Tamarind (n.) A leguminous tree (Tamarindus Indica) cultivated both the Indies, and the other tropical countries, for the sake of its shade, and for its fruit. The trunk of the tree is lofty and large, with wide-spreading branches; the flowers are in racemes at the ends of the branches. The leaves are small and finely pinnated..
Prune :: Prune (v. t.) To cut off or cut out, as useless parts..
Steamboating :: Steamboating (n.) The occupation or business of running a steamboat, or of transporting merchandise, passengers, etc., by steamboats..
Float :: Float (v. i.) A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
Rung :: Rung (n.) A floor timber in a ship.
Washboard :: Washboard (n.) A board running round, and serving as a facing for, the walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard..
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