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Burton :: Burton (n.) A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys, the weight being suspended to a hook block in the bight of the running part..

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..

Countercurrent :: Countercurrent (a.) Running in an opposite direction.

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..

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

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..

Double :: Double (n.) A turn or circuit in running to escape pursues; hence, a trick; a shift; an artifice..

Laving :: Laving (v. i.) Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; -- opposed to stagnant..

Spinner :: Spinnaker (n.) A large triangular sail set upon a boom, -- used when running before the wind..

Pound :: Pound (v. i.) To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds..

Heel :: Heel (v. t.) To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, and the like..

Thrill :: Thrill (v. i.) To feel a sharp, shivering, tingling, or exquisite sensation, running through the body..

Discourse :: Discourse (n.) The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of this power; reasoning; range of reasoning faculty..

Backboard :: Backboard (n.) A board attached to the rim of a water wheel to prevent the water from running off the floats or paddies into the interior of the wheel.

Outrunning :: Outrunning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Outru.

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

Stumble :: Stumble (n.) A trip in walking or running.

Prone :: Prone (a.) Headlong; running downward or headlong.

Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (v. t.) To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest..

Rush :: Rush (n.) The act of running with the ball.

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