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Webster's English Dictionary

race

v. t. To raze. (Spenser.)

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n. [OF. raz, L. radix, -icis. See Radix.] A root. (Shak.)

Race ginger, ginger in the root, or not pulverized. ()

n. [F. race; cf. Pr. & Sp. raza, It. razza; all from OHG. reiza line, akin to E. write. See Write.] ()

1. The descendants of a common ancestor; a family, tribe, people, or nation, believed or presumed to belong to the same stock; a lineage; a breed. ()

The whole race of mankind. (Shak.)

Whence the long race of Alban fathers come. (Dryden.)

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2. Company; herd; breed. ()

For do but note a wild and wanton herd, Or race of youthful and unhandled colts, Fetching mad bounds. (Shak.)

3. (Bot.) A variety of such fixed character that it may be propagated by seed. ()

4. Peculiar flavor, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavor; smack. (Shak.)

Is it [the wine] of the right race ? (Massinger.)

5. Hence, characteristic quality or disposition. ()

And now I give my sensual race the rein. (Shak.)

Some . . . great race of fancy or judgment. (Sir W. Temple.)

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n. [OE. ras, res, rees, AS. rs a rush, running; akin to Icel. rs course, race. 118.]1. A progress; a course; a movement or progression. ()

2. Esp., swift progress; rapid course; a running. ()

The flight of many birds is swifter than the race of any beasts. (Bacon.)

3. Hence: The act or process of running in competition; a contest of speed in any way, as in running, riding, driving, skating, rowing, sailing; in the plural, usually, a meeting for contests in the running of horses; as, he attended the races. ()

The race is not to the swift. (Eccl. ix. 11.)

I wield the gauntlet, and I run the race. (Pope.)

4. Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life. ()

My race of glory run, and race of shame. (Milton.)

5. A strong or rapid current of water, or the channel or passage for such a current; a powerful current or heavy sea, sometimes produced by the meeting of two tides; as, the Portland Race; the Race of Alderney. ()

6. The current of water that turns a water wheel, or the channel in which it flows; a mill race. ()

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7. (Mach.) A channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven back and forth, as in a loom, sewing machine, etc. ()

Race cloth, a cloth worn by horses in racing, having pockets to hold the weights prescribed. -- Race course. (a) The path, generally circular or elliptical, over which a race is run. (b) Same as Race way, below. -- Race cup, a cup given as a prize to the victor in a race. -- Race glass, a kind of field glass. -- Race horse. (a) A horse that runs in competition; specifically, a horse bred or kept for running races. (b) A breed of horses remarkable for swiftness in running. (c) (Zol.) The steamer duck. (d) (Zol.) A mantis. -- Race knife, a cutting tool with a blade that is hooked at the point, for marking outlines, on boards or metals, as by a pattern, -- used in shipbuilding. -- Race saddle, a light saddle used in racing. -- Race track. Same as Race course (a), above. -- Race way, the canal for the current that drives a water wheel. ()

v. i. 1. To run swiftly; to contend in a race; as, the animals raced over the ground; the ships raced from port to port. ()

2. (Steam Mach.) To run too fast at times, as a marine engine or screw, when the screw is lifted out of water by the action of a heavy sea. ()

v. t. 1. To cause to contend in a race; to drive at high speed; as, to race horses. ()

2. To run a race with. ()