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Running
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(a.) Moving or advancing by running.
(2):
(a.) Flowing; easy; cursive; as, a running hand.
(3):
(a.) Having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
(4):
(n.) 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.
(5):
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Run
(6):
(a.) Discharging pus; as, a running sore.
(7):
(a.) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem; as, a running vine.
(8):
(a.) Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the facts with a running explanation.
(9):
(n.) The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
(10):
(a.) 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.
(11):
(a.) trained and kept for running races; as, a running horse.
(12):
(n.) The act of one who, or of that which runs; as, the running was slow.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Running'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/running.html. 1828.
