Running

Definition of Running

Run´ning

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.

Flowing; easy; cursive; as, a running hand.

Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the facts with a running explanation.

What are art and science if not a running commentary on Nature?

- Hare.

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

(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.

Running bowsprit
(Naut.) Same as Reefing bowsprit.

Running days
(Com.) the consecutive days occupied on a voyage under a charter party, including Sundays and not limited to the working days.

Running fire
a constant fire of musketry or cannon. - Simmonds.

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.; - in distinction from standing rigging.

Running title
(Print.) the title of a book or chapter continued from page to page on the upper margin.

The act of one who, or of that which runs; as, the running was slow.

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.

The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.

At long running
in the long run. - Jer. Taylor.

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