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(1):

(n.) A tool on which lenses are fastened in a group, for polishing or grinding.

(2):

(n.) 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.

(3):

(n.) A movable slab or rubber used in grinding or polishing a surface of stone.

(4):

(n.) Any cursorial bird.

(5):

(n.) A food fish (Elagatis pinnulatus) of Florida and the West Indies; - called also skipjack, shoemaker, and yellowtail. The name alludes to its rapid successive leaps from the water.

(6):

(n.) The rotating stone of a set of millstones.

(7):

(n.) The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.

(8):

(n.) A trough or channel for leading molten metal from a furnace to a ladle, mold, or pig bed.

(9):

(n.) 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.

(10):

(n.) One employed to solicit patronage, as for a steamboat, hotel, shop, etc.

(11):

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

(12):

(n.) A messenger.

(13):

(n.) A detective.

(14):

(n.) One who, or that which, runs; a racer.

(15):

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

(16):

(n.) A smuggler.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Runner'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/runner.html. 1828.
 
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