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Webster's English Dictionary

running

a. 1. Moving or advancing by running. (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. (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. ()

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. ()