Crossword Dictionary

What's The Definition Of Running?

\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. {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. --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.; -- in distinction from {standing rigging}. {Running title} (Print.), the title of a book or chapter continued from page to page on the upper margin.
\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.