Running /(?)/

Run·ning

Running

Moving or advancing by running.
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.
Flowing; easy; cursive; as, a running hand.
Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the facts with a running explanation.
What are art and science if not a running commentary on Nature?
— Hare.
Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem; as, a running vine. (Bot.)
Discharging pus; as, a running sore. (Med.)

Running block: 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: Same as Reefing bowsprit.
Running days: the consecutive days occupied on a voyage under a charter party, including Sundays and not limited to the working days.
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: that part of a rope that is hauled upon, -- in distinction from the standing part.
Running rigging: that part of a ship's rigging or ropes which passes through blocks, etc.; -- in distinction from standing rigging.
Running title: the title of a book or chapter continued from page to page on the upper margin.

The act of one who, or of that which runs; as, the running was slow.
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.
The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.