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- English Word Runner Definition A trough or channel for leading molten metal from a furnace to a ladle, mold, or pig bed.
- English Word Runner Definition The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.
- English Word Runner Definition 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.
- English Word Runner Definition Any cursorial bird.
- English Word Runner Definition A movable slab or rubber used in grinding or polishing a surface of stone.
- English Word Runner Definition A tool on which lenses are fastened in a group, for polishing or grinding.
- English Word Runnet Definition See Rennet.
- English Word Running Definition of Run
- English Word Running Definition Moving or advancing by running.
- English Word Running Definition Having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
- English Word Running Definition trained and kept for running races; as, a running horse.
- English Word Running Definition 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.
- English Word Running Definition Flowing; easy; cursive; as, a running hand.
- English Word Running Definition Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the facts with a running explanation.
- English Word Running Definition Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem; as, a running vine.
- English Word Running Definition Discharging pus; as, a running sore.
- English Word Running Definition The act of one who, or of that which runs; as, the running was slow.
- English Word Running Definition 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.
- English Word Running Definition The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
- English Word Runningly Definition In a running manner.
- English Word Runnion Definition See Ronion.
- English Word Runology Definition The science of runes.
- English Word Runround Definition A felon or whitlow.
- English Word Runt Definition Any animal which is unusually small, as compared with others of its kind; -- applied particularly to domestic animals.
- English Word Runt Definition A variety of domestic pigeon, related to the barb and carrier.
- English Word Runt Definition A dwarf; also, a mean, despicable, boorish person; -- used opprobriously.
- English Word Runt Definition The dead stump of a tree; also, the stem of a plant.
- English Word Runty Definition Like a runt; diminutive; mean.
- English Word Runway Definition The channel of a stream.
- English Word Runway Definition The beaten path made by deer or other animals in passing to and from their feeding grounds.