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Others, accustomed to retired speculations, run natural philosophy into metaphysical notions. Locke.

5. To fuse; to shape; to mold; to cast; as, to run bullets, and the like .

The purest gold must be run and washed. Felton.

6. To cause to be draw; to mark out; to indicate; to determine; as, to run a line .

7. To cause to pass, to evade, offical restrictions; to smuggle; -- said of contraband or dutiable goods.

heavy impositions . . . are a strong temptation of running goods. Swift.

8. To go through or accomplish by running; as, to run a race; to run a certain career .

9. To cause to stand as a candidate for office; to support for office; as, to run some one for Congress . [Colloq. U.S.]

10. To encounter or incur, as a danger or risk; as, to run the risk of losing one's life. See To run the chance , below . "He runneth two dangers."

Bacon.

<-- "If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure." Quail. -->

11. To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.

He would himself be in the Highlands to receive them, and run his fortune with them. Clarendon.

12. To discharge; to emit; to give forth copiously; to be bathed with; as, the pipe or faucet runs hot water .

At the base of Pompey's statua, Which all the while ran blood, great C\'91sar fell. Shak.

13. To be charged with, or to contain much of, while flowing; as, the rivers ran blood .

14. To conduct; to manage; to carry on; as, to run a factory or a hotel . [Colloq. U.S.]

15. To tease with sarcasms and ridicule. [Colloq.]

16. To sew, as a seam, by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.

17. To migrate or move in schools; -- said of fish; esp., to ascend a river in order to spawn.

To run a blockade , to get to, or away from, a blockaded port in safety. -- To run down . (a) (Hunting) To chase till the object pursued is captured or exhausted; as, to run down , a stag . (b) (Naut.) To run against and sink, as a vessel . (c) To crush; to overthrow; to overbear . "religion is run down by the license of these times." Berkeley. (d) To disparage; to traduce. F. W. Newman. -- To run hard . (a) To press in competition; as, to run one hard in a race . (b) To urge or press importunately . (c) To banter severely. -- To run into the ground , to carry to an absurd extreme; to overdo. [Slang, U.S. ] <-- also, to operate a machine (as a car) without maintenance, until it malfunctions or becomes useless --> -- To run off , to cause to flow away, as a charge of molten metal from a furnace. -- To run on (Print. ) , to carry on or continue, as the type for a new sentence, without making a break or commencing a new paragraph. -- To run out . (a) To thrust or push out; to extend. (b) To waste; to exhaust; as, to run out an estate . (c) (Baseball) To put out while running between two bases. -- To run the chances , &or; one's chances , to encounter all the risks of a certain course. -- To run through , to transfix; to pierce, as with a sword. "[He] was run through the body by the man who had asked his advice." Addison. -- To run up . (a) To thrust up, as anything long and slender. (b) To increase; to enlarge by additions, as an account .<-- e.g. to incur a debt, as to run up a bill --> (c) To erect hastily, as a building .

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Run (?) , n. 1. The act of running; as, a long run ; a good run ; a quick run ; to go on the run .

2. A small stream; a brook; a creek.

3. That which runs or flows in the course of a certain operation, or during a certain time; as, a run of must in wine making; the first run of sap in a maple orchard .

4. A course; a series; that which continues in a certain course or series; as, a run of good or bad luck .

They who made their arrangements in the first run of misadventure . . . put a seal on their calamities. Burke.

5. State of being current; currency; popularity.

it is impossible for detached papers to have a general run , or long continuance, if not diversified with humor. Addison.

6. Continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights .

A canting, mawkish play . . . had an immense run . Macaulay.

7. A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes.

8. A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep run .

Howitt.

9. (Naut.) (a) The aftermost part of a vessel's hull where it narrows toward the stern, under the quarter (b) The distance sailed by a ship; as, a good run ; a run of fifty miles . (c) A voyage; as, run to China .

10. A pleasure excursion; a trip. [Colloq.]

A think of giving her a run in London. Dickens.

11. (Mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by license of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.

12. (Mus.) A roulade, or series of running tones.

13. (Mil.) The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick, but with greater speed.

14. The act of migrating, or ascending a river to spawn; -- said of fish; also, an assemblage or school of fishes which migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.

15. In baseball, a complete circuit of the bases made by a player, which enables him to score one; in cricket, a passing from one wicket to the other, by which one point is scored; as, a player made three runs ; the side went out with two hundred runs .

The " runs " are made from wicket to wicket, the batsmen interchanging ends at each run . R. A. Proctor.

16. A pair or set of millstones.

At the long run , now, commonly , In the long run , in or during the whole process or course of things taken together; in the final result; in the end; finally.

[Man] starts the inferior of the brute animals, but he surpasses them in the long run . J. H. Newman.

-- Home run . (a) A running or returning toward home, or to the point from which the start was made. Cf. Home stretch . (b) (Baseball) See under Home . -- The run , &or; The common run , etc. , ordinary persons; the generality or average of people or things; also, that which ordinarily occurs; ordinary current, course, or kind.

I saw nothing else that is superior to the common run of parks. Walpole.

Burns never dreamed of looking down on others as beneath him, merely because he was conscious of his own vast superiority to the common run of men. Prof. Wilson.

His whole appearance was something out of the common run . W. Irving.

-- To let go by the run (Naut.) , to loosen and let run freely, as lines; to let fall without restraint, as a sail.

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Run , a. 1. Melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run butter; run iron or lead .

2. Smuggled; as, run goods . [Colloq.]

Miss Edgeworth.

Run steel , malleable iron castings. See under Malleable .

Raymond.

Runagate <Xpage=1261>

Run"a*gate (?) , n. [F. ren\'82gat , Prov. renegat . LL. renegatus ; confused with E. run and gate a way. See Renegate .] A fugitive; a vagabond; an apostate; a renegade. See Renegade .

Bunyan.

Wretched runagates from the jail. De Quincey.

Who has not been a runagate from duty? Hare.

Runaway <Xpage=1261>

Run"a*way` (?) , n. 1. One who, or that which, flees from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; a fugitive.

Thou runaway , thou coward, art thou fled? Shak.

2. The act of running away, esp. of a horse or teams; as, there was a runaway yesterday .

Runaway <Xpage=1261>

Run"a*way` , a. 1. Running away; fleeing from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; as, runaway soldiers; a runaway horse .

2. Accomplished by running away or elopment, or during flight; as, a runaway marriage .

<-- 3. (a) Won by a long lead; as, a runaway victory . (b) Very successful; accomplishing success quickly; as, a runaway bestseller . -->

Runcation <Xpage=1261>

Run*ca"tion (?) , n. [L. runcatio , fr. runcare to weed out.] A weedling. [Obs.]

Evelyn.

Runch <Xpage=1261>

Runch (?) , n. (Bot.) The wild radish.

Dr. Prior.

Runcinate <Xpage=1261>

Run"ci*nate (?) , a. [L. runcinatus , p.p. of runcinare to plane off, fr. runcina a plane.] (Bot.) Pinnately cut with the lobes pointing downwards, as the leaf of the dandelion.

Rundel <Xpage=1261>

Run"del (?) , n. [Cf. Rindle .] A moat with water in it; also, a small stream; a runlet. [Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

Rundel <Xpage=1261>

Run"del , n. [Cf. Rundle .] A circle. [Prov. Eng.]

Rundle <Xpage=1261>

Run"dle (?) , n. [E. round . Cf. Rondle .] 1. A round; a step of a ladder; a rung.

Duppa.

2. A ball. [Obs.]

Holland.

3. Something which rotates about an axis, as a wheel, or the drum of a capstan. "An axis or cylinder having a rundle about it."

Bp. Wilkins.

4. (Mach.) One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.

Rundlet <Xpage=1261>

Rund"let (?) , n. [Dim. of OF. rondele a little tun, fr. rond round. See Round , and cf. Roundlet , Runlet .] A small barrel of no certain dimensions. It may contain from 3 to 20 gallons, but it usually holds about 14<frac12/ gallons. [Written also runlet .]

Rune <Xpage=1261>

Rune (r&udd;n) , n. [AS. r&umac;n a rune, a secret, a mystery; akin to Icel. r&umac;n , OHG. & Goth. r&umac;na a secret, secret colloquy, G. & Dan. rune rune, and probably to Gr. 'ereyna^n to search for. Cf. Roun to whisper.] 1. A letter, or character, belonging to the written language of the ancient Norsemen, or Scandinavians; in a wider sense, applied to the letters of the ancient nations of Northern Europe in general.

&hand; The Norsemen had a peculiar alphabet, consisting of sixteen letters, or characters, called runes , the origin of which is lost in the remotest antiquity. The signification of the word rune (mystery) seems to allude to the fact that originally only a few were acquainted with the use of these marks, and that they were mostly applied to secret tricks, witchcrafts and enchantments. But the runes were also used in communication by writing.

2. pl. Old Norse poetry expressed in runes.

Runes were upon his tongue, As on the warrior's sword. Longfellow.

Rune stone , a stone bearing a runic inscription.

Runer <Xpage=1261>

Ru"ner (?) , n. A bard, or learned man, among the ancient Goths.

Sir W. Temple.

Rung <Xpage=1261>

Rung (?) , imp. & p. p. of Ring .

Rung <Xpage=1261>

Rung , n. [OE. ronge , AS. hrung , a staff, rod, pole; akin to G. runge a short, thick piece of iron or wood, OD. ronghe a prop, support, Icel. r\'94ng a rib in a ship, Goth. Hrugga a staff.] 1. (Shipbuilding) A floor timber in a ship.

2. One of the rounds of a ladder.

3. One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.

4. (Mach.) One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel; also, one of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.

Runghead <Xpage=1261>

Rung"head` (?) , n. (Shipbuilding) The upper end of a floor timber in a ship.

Runic <Xpage=1261>

Ru"nic (?) , a. Of or pertaining to a rune, to runes, or to the Norsemen; as, runic verses; runic letters; runic names; runic rhyme .

Runic staff . See Clog almanac , under Clog . -- Runic wand , a willow wand bearing runes, formerly thought to have been used by the heathen tribes of Northern Europe in magical ceremonies.

Runlet <Xpage=1261>

Run"let (?) , n. [ Run + -let .] A little run or stream; a streamlet; a brook.

To trace out to its marshy source every runlet that has cast in its tiny pitcherful with the rest. Lowell.

Runlet <Xpage=1261>

Run"let , n. Same as Rundlet . "A stoup of sack, or a runlet of canary."

Sir W. Scott.

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Runnel <Xpage=1262>

Run"nel (?) , n. [From Run . Cf. Rundle .] A rivulet or small brook.

Buddling rundels joined the sound. Collins.

By the very sides of the way . . . there are slow runnels , in which one can see the minnows swimming. Masson.

Runner <Xpage=1262>

Run"ner (?) , n. [From Run .] 1. One who, or that which, runs; a racer.

2. A detective. [Slang, Eng.]

Dickens.

3. A messenger.

Swift.

4. A smuggler. [Colloq.]

R. North.

5. One employed to solicit patronage, as for a steamboat, hotel, shop, etc. [Cant, U.S.]

6. (Bot.) A slender trailing branch which takes root at the joints or end and there forms new plants, as in the strawberry and the common cinquefoil.

7. The rotating stone of a set of millstones.

8. (Naut.) A rope through a block and used to increase the mechanical power of a tackle.

Totten.

9. One of the pieces on which a sled or sleigh slides; also the part or blade of a skate which slides on the ice.

10. (Founding) (a) A horizontal channel in a mold, through which the metal flows to the cavity formed by the pattern; also, the waste metal left in such a channel. (b) A trough or channel for leading molten metal from a furnace to a ladle, mold, or pig bed.

11. The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.

12. (Zo\'94l.) A food fish ( Elagatis pinnulatis ) of Florida and the West Indies; -- called also skipjack , shoemaker , and yellowtail . The name alludes to its rapid successive leaps from the water.

13. (Zo\'94l.) Any cursorial bird.

14. (Mech.) (a) A movable slab or rubber used in grinding or polishing a surface of stone. (b) A tool on which lenses are fastened in a group, for polishing or grinding.

Runnet <Xpage=1262>

Run"net (?) , n. See Rennet .

Running <Xpage=1262>

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.) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem; as, a running vine .

6. (med.) 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. <-- or automobile(pre-1960) --> -- 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. <-- it may be different, for conciseness, from the title on the first page. -->

Running <Xpage=1262>

Run"ning , n. 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.

Runningly <Xpage=1262>

Run"ning*ly , adv. In a running manner.

Runnion <Xpage=1262>

Run"nion (?) n. See Ronion.

Runology <Xpage=1262>

Ru*nol"o*gy (?) , n. [ Rune + -logy .] The science of runes. -- Ru*nol"o*gist (#) , n.

Runround <Xpage=1262>

Run"round` (?) , n. A felon or whitlow. [Colloq. U.S.]

Runt <Xpage=1262>

Runt (?) n. [Written also rant .] [Scot. runt an old cow. <?/ withered woman, a hardened stem or stalk, <?/ of a tree; cf. D. rund a bullock, an ox or <?/. Cf. Rother , a. ] 1. (Zo\'94l.) Any animal which is unusually small, as compared with others of its kind; -- applied particulary to domestic animals.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A variety of domestic pigeon, related to the barb and carrier.

3. A dwarf; also, a mean, despicable, boorish person; -- used opprobriously.

Before I buy a bargain of such runts , I'll buy a college for bears, and live among 'em. Beau. & Fl.

4. The dead stump of a tree; also, the stem of a plant. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

Neither young poles nor old runts are durable. Holland.

Runty <Xpage=1262>