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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Low :: Low (adv.) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; -- said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution; as, the moon runs low, that is, is comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian..
Squint :: Squint (v. i.) To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
Hayrack :: Hayrack (n.) A frame mounted on the running gear of a wagon, and used in hauling hay, straw, sheaves, etc.; -- called also hay rigging..
Sottish :: Sottish (a.) Like a sot; doltish; very foolish; drunken.
Runghead :: Runghead (n.) The upper end of a floor timber in a ship.
Run :: Run (a.) To become fluid; to melt; to fuse.
Hamstrung :: Hamstrung (imp. & p. p.) of Hamstrin.
Grunter :: Grunter (n.) One who, or that which, grunts; specifically, a hog..
Valance :: Valance (n.) The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk. which covers the joint when the lid is closed.
Sipe :: Sipe (v. i.) To run or soak through fine pores and interstices; to ooze.
Division :: Division (n.) A course of notes so running into each other as to form one series or chain, to be sung in one breath to one syllable..
Run :: Run (a.) Melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run butter; run iron or lead..
Timenoguy :: Timenoguy (n.) A rope carried taut between or over obstacles likely to engage or foul the running rigging in working a ship.
Scamper :: Scamper (v. t.) To run with speed; to run or move in a quick, hurried manner; to hasten away..
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..
Polygenist :: Polygenist (n.) One who maintains that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair; -- opposed to monogenist.
Clinker :: Clinker (n.) A mass composed of several bricks run together by the action of the fire in the kiln.
Cursorily :: Cursorily (adv.) In a running or hasty manner; carelessly.
Runner :: Runner (n.) The rotating stone of a set of millstones.
Run :: Run (a.) To continue without falling due; to hold good; as, a note has thirty days to run..
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