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n. 1. The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small stream; a brook; a creek. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A course; a series; that which continues in a certain course or series; as, a run of good or bad luck. [ 1913 Webster ]

They who made their arrangements in the first run of misadventure . . . put a seal on their calamities. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. State of being current; currency; popularity. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is impossible for detached papers to have a general run, or long continuance, if not diversified with humor. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights. [ 1913 Webster ]

A canting, mawkish play . . . had an immense run. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep run. Howitt. [ 1913 Webster ]

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, a run to China. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. A pleasure excursion; a trip. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I think of giving her a run in London. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

12. (Mus.) A roulade, or series of running tones. [ 1913 Webster ]

13. (Mil.) The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick, but with greater speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

15. (Sport) In baseball, a complete circuit of the bases made by a player, which enables him to score one point; also, the point thus scored; 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 Yankees scored three runs in the seventh inning. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

The “runs” are made from wicket to wicket, the batsmen interchanging ends at each run. R. A. Proctor. [ 1913 Webster ]

16. A pair or set of millstones. [ 1913 Webster ]

17. (Piquet, Cribbage, etc.) A number of cards of the same suit in sequence; as, a run of four in hearts. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

18. (Golf) (a) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running. (b) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ] [ Man ] starts the inferior of the brute animals, but he surpasses them in the long run. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ] --
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, or
The run of the mill etc., ordinary persons; the generality or average of people or things; also, that which ordinarily occurs; ordinary current, course, or kind. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ] I saw nothing else that is superior to the common run of parks. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] His whole appearance was something out of the common run. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ] --
To let go by the run (Naut.), to loosen and let run freely, as lines; to let fall without restraint, as a sail. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run butter; run iron or lead. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Smuggled; as, run goods. [ Colloq. ] Miss Edgeworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Run steel, malleable iron castings. See under Malleable. Raymond. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To cause to run (in the various senses of Run, v. i.); as, to run a horse; to run a stage; to run a machine; to run a rope through a block. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation. [ 1913 Webster ]

To run the world back to its first original. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

I would gladly understand the formation of a soul, and run it up to its “punctum saliens.” Collier. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To cause to enter; to thrust; as, to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into the foot. [ 1913 Webster ]

You run your head into the lion's mouth. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Having run his fingers through his hair. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven. [ 1913 Webster ]

They ran the ship aground. Acts xxvii. 41. [ 1913 Webster ]

A talkative person runs himself upon great inconveniences by blabbing out his own or other's secrets. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

Others, accustomed to retired speculations, run natural philosophy into metaphysical notions. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To fuse; to shape; to mold; to cast; as, to run bullets, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The purest gold must be run and washed. Felton. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine; as, to run a line. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To cause to pass, or evade, offical restrictions; to smuggle; -- said of contraband or dutiable goods. [ 1913 Webster ]

Heavy impositions . . . are a strong temptation of running goods. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. To go through or accomplish by running; as, to run a race; to run a certain career. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. To cause to stand as a candidate for office; to support for office; as, to run some one for Congress. [ Colloq. U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

10. To encounter or incur, as a danger or risk; as, to run the risk of losing one's life. See To run the chances, below. “He runneth two dangers.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure. Dan Quail. [ PJC ]

11. To put at hazard; to venture; to risk. [ 1913 Webster ]

He would himself be in the Highlands to receive them, and run his fortune with them. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

12. To discharge; to emit; to give forth copiously; to be bathed with; as, the pipe or faucet runs hot water. [ 1913 Webster ]

At the base of Pompey's statua,
Which all the while ran blood, great Caesar fell. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

13. To be charged with, or to contain much of, while flowing; as, the rivers ran blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

14. To conduct; to manage; to carry on; as, to run a factory or a hotel. [ Colloq. U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

15. To tease with sarcasms and ridicule. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

17. To migrate or move in schools; -- said of fish; esp., to ascend a river in order to spawn. [ 1913 Webster ]

18. (Golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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. ] --
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. Also called
to run out. --
To run the chances or
To run 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. (c) To erect hastily, as a building. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. renégat, Prov. renegat. LL. renegatus; confused with E. run and gate a way. See Renegade. ] A fugitive; a vagabond; an apostate; a renegade. See Renegade. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wretched runagates from the jail. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who has not been a runagate from duty? Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a delaying or evasive, and sometimes deceptive, answer to an inquiry or request. [ PJC ]

n. (Med.) A whitlow running around the finger nail, but not affecting the bone. [ Colloq. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. 1. Running away; fleeing from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; as, runaway soldiers; a runaway horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Accomplished by running away or elopement, or during flight; as, a runaway marriage. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. 1. One who, or that which, flees from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; a fugitive. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou runaway, thou coward, art thou fled? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of running away, esp. of a horse or teams; as, there was a runaway yesterday. [ 1913 Webster ]