running : Idioms & Phrases

• in the long run. Obs. Jer. Taylor.

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• (Mech.), a block in an arrangement of pulleys which rises or sinks with the weight which is raised or lowered.

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• noun a narrow footboard serving as a step beneath the doors of some old cars
  

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• a narrow platform extending along the side of a locomotive. or automobile(pre-1960)

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• (Naut.) Same as Reefing bowsprit.

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• (Com.), the consecutive days occupied on a voyage under working days. Simmonds.

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• a constant fire of musketry or cannon.

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• 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.

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• noun rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper
  longhand; cursive; cursive script.
  

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• a style of rapid writing in which the letters are usually slanted and the words formed without lifting the pen; distinguished from round hand.

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• (Naut.), that part of a rope that is hauled upon, in distinction from the standing part.

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• (Naut. ), that part of a ship's rigging or ropes which passes through blocks, etc.; is distinction from standing rigging.

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• noun the title (or a shortened title) of a book used as a running head
  

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• (Print.), the title of a book or chapter continued from page to page on the upper margin. it may be different, for conciseness, from the title on the first page.

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