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bohun upasUpas U"pas, n. [Malay p?hn-?pas; p?hn a tree + ?pas poison.]
1. (Bot.) A tree (Antiaris toxicaria) of the Breadfruit
family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring
islands. Its secretions are poisonous, and it has been
fabulously reported that the atmosphere about it is
deleterious. Called also bohun upas. Bohun upasBohun upas Bo"hun u"pas
See Upas. dun crowHooded Hood"ed, a.
1. Covered with a hood.
2. Furnished with a hood or something like a hood.
3. Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of
paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip.
4. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Having the head conspicuously different in color from
the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.
(b) Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or
neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake.
Hooded crow, a European crow (Corvus cornix); -- called
also hoody, dun crow, and royston crow.
Hooded gull, the European black-headed pewit or gull.
Hooded merganser. See Merganser.
Hooded seal, a large North Atlantic seal (Cystophora
cristata). The male has a large, inflatible, hoodlike sac
upon the head. Called also hoodcap.
Hooded sheldrake, the hooded merganser. See Merganser.
Hooded snake. See Cobra de capello, Asp, Haje, etc.
Hooded warbler, a small American warbler (Sylvania
mitrata). Gun tackleTackle Tac"kle (?; sometimes improperly pronounced ?,
especially by seamen), n. [OE. takel, akin to LG. & D. takel,
Dan. takkel, Sw. tackel; perhaps akin to E. taw, v.t., or to
take.]
1. Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights,
consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the
rope and attachments, as distinct from the block.
2. Any instruments of action; an apparatus by which an object
is moved or operated; gear; as, fishing tackle, hunting
tackle; formerly, specifically, weapons. ``She to her
tackle fell.' --Hudibras.
Note: In Chaucer, it denotes usually an arrow or arrows.
3. (Naut.) The rigging and apparatus of a ship; also, any
purchase where more than one block is used.
Fall and tackle. See the Note under Pulley.
Fishing tackle. See under Fishing, a.
Ground tackle (Naut.), anchors, cables, etc.
Gun tackle, the apparatus or appliances for hauling cannon
in or out.
Tackle fall, the rope, or rather the end of the rope, of a
tackle, to which the power is applied.
Tack tackle (Naut.), a small tackle to pull down the tacks
of the principal sails.
Tackle board, Tackle post (Ropemaking), a board, frame,
or post, at the end of a ropewalk, for supporting the
spindels, or whirls, for twisting the yarns. Hydropneumatic gun carriage
Hydropneumatic gun carriage Hy`dro*pneu*mat"ic gun carriage
(Ordnance)
A disappearing gun carriage in which the recoil is checked by
cylinders containing liquid and air, the air when compressed
furnishing the power for restoring the gun to the firing
position. It is used with some English and European heavy
guns.
Noun substantiveSubstantive Sub"stan*tive, a. [L. substantivus: cf. F.
substantif.]
1. Betokening or expressing existence; as, the substantive
verb, that is, the verb to be.
2. Depending on itself; independent.
He considered how sufficient and substantive this
land was to maintain itself without any aid of the
foreigner. --Bacon.
3. Enduring; solid; firm; substantial.
Strength and magnitude are qualities which impress
the imagination in a powerful and substantive
manner. --Hazlitt.
4. Pertaining to, or constituting, the essential part or
principles; as, the law substantive.
Noun substantive (Gram.), a noun which designates an
object, material or immaterial; a substantive.
Substantive color, one which communicates its color without
the aid of a mordant or base; -- opposed to adjective
color. Nun buoyNun Nun, n. [OE. nunne, AS. nunne, fr. L. nonna nun, nonnus
monk; cf. Gr. ?, ?; of unknown origin. Cf. Nunnery.]
1. A woman devoted to a religious life, who lives in a
convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and
obedience.
They holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with
adoration. --Wordsworth.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of
feathers covering the head.
(b) The smew.
(c) The European blue titmouse.
Gray nuns (R. C. Ch.), the members of a religious order
established in Montreal in 1745, whence branches were
introduced into the United States in 1853; -- so called
from the color or their robe, and known in religion as
Sisters of Charity of Montreal.
Nun buoy. See under Buoy. Run steelRun Run, a.
1. Melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as,
run butter; run iron or lead.
2. Smuggled; as, run goods. [Colloq.] --Miss Edgeworth.
Run steel, malleable iron castings. See under Malleable.
--Raymond. Spun haySpun Spun,
imp. & p. p. of Spin.
Spun hay, hay twisted into ropes for convenient carriage,
as on a military expedition.
Spun silk, a cheap article produced from floss, or
short-fibered, broken, and waste silk, carded and spun, in
distinction from the long filaments wound from the cocoon.
It is often mixed with cotton.
Spun yarn (Naut.), a line formed of two or more rope-yarns
loosely twisted. Spun silkSpun Spun,
imp. & p. p. of Spin.
Spun hay, hay twisted into ropes for convenient carriage,
as on a military expedition.
Spun silk, a cheap article produced from floss, or
short-fibered, broken, and waste silk, carded and spun, in
distinction from the long filaments wound from the cocoon.
It is often mixed with cotton.
Spun yarn (Naut.), a line formed of two or more rope-yarns
loosely twisted. Spun yarnSpun Spun,
imp. & p. p. of Spin.
Spun hay, hay twisted into ropes for convenient carriage,
as on a military expedition.
Spun silk, a cheap article produced from floss, or
short-fibered, broken, and waste silk, carded and spun, in
distinction from the long filaments wound from the cocoon.
It is often mixed with cotton.
Spun yarn (Naut.), a line formed of two or more rope-yarns
loosely twisted. sun bitternBittern Bit"tern, n. [OE. bitoure, betore, bitter, fr. F.
butor; of unknown origin.] (Zo["o]l.)
A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons,
of various species.
Note: The common European bittern is Botaurus stellaris. It
makes, during the brooding season, a noise called by
Dryden bumping, and by Goldsmith booming. The American
bittern is B. lentiginosus, and is also called
stake-driver and meadow hen. See Stake-driver.
Note: The name is applied to other related birds, as the
least bittern (Ardetta exilis), and the sun
bittern. Sun starSun star Sun" star` (Zo["o]l.)
See Sun star, under Sun. To poke fun atPoke Poke, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Poking.] [Cf. LG. poken to prick, pierce, thrust, pok a
dagger, knife, D. pook, G. pocken to beat, also Ir. poc a
blow, Gael. puc to push.]
1. To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed;
hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire.
He poked John, and said ``Sleepest thou ?'
--Chaucer.
2. To thrust with the horns; to gore.
3. [From 5th Poke, 3.] To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox.
[Colloq. U. S.]
To poke fun, to excite fun; to joke; to jest. [Colloq.]
To poke fun at, to make a butt of; to ridicule. [Colloq.] To run a rigRig Rig, n. [Cf. Wriggle.]
1. A romp; a wanton; one given to unbecoming conduct. [Obs.]
--Fuller.
2. A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic.
3. A blast of wind. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
That uncertain season before the rigs of Michaelmas
were yet well composed. --Burke.
To run a rig, to play a trick; to engage in a frolic; to do
something strange and unbecoming.
He little dreamt when he set out Of running such a
rig. --Cowper. To run a riskRisk Risk, n. [F. risque; cf. It. risco, risico, rischio, Pg.
risco, Sp. riesgo, and also Sp. risco a steep rock; all
probably fr. L. resceare to cut off; pref. re- re- + secare
to cut; -- the word having been probably first used among
sailors. See Section.]
1. Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or
destruction.
The imminent and constant risk of assassination, a
risk which has shaken very strong nerves.
--Macaulay.
2. (Com.) Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property.
To run a risk, to incur hazard; to encounter danger.
Syn: Danger; hazard; peril; jeopardy; exposure. See Danger. To run afoul ofAfoul A*foul", adv. & a. [Pref. a- + foul.]
In collision; entangled. --Totten.
To run afoul of, to run against or come into collision
with, especially so as to become entangled or to cause
injury. To run down a coast (b) To decline in condition; as, to run down in health.
To run down a coast, to sail along it.
To run for an office, to stand as a candidate for an
office.
To run in or into.
(a) To enter; to step in.
(b) To come in collision with.
To run in trust, to run in debt; to get credit. [Obs.]
To run in with.
(a) To close; to comply; to agree with. [R.] --T. Baker.
(b) (Naut.) To make toward; to near; to sail close to; as,
to run in with the land.
To run mad, To run mad after or on. See under Mad.
To run on.
(a) To be continued; as, their accounts had run on for a
year or two without a settlement.
(b) To talk incessantly.
(c) To continue a course.
(d) To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with
sarcasm; to bear hard on.
(e) (Print.) To be continued in the same lines, without
making a break or beginning a new paragraph.
To run out.
(a) To come to an end; to expire; as, the lease runs out
at Michaelmas.
(b) To extend; to spread. ``Insectile animals . . . run
all out into legs.' --Hammond.
(c) To expatiate; as, to run out into beautiful
digressions.
(d) To be wasted or exhausted; to become poor; to become
extinct; as, an estate managed without economy will
soon run out.
And had her stock been less, no doubt She must
have long ago run out. --Dryden.
To run over.
(a) To overflow; as, a cup runs over, or the liquor runs
over.
(b) To go over, examine, or rehearse cursorily.
(c) To ride or drive over; as, to run over a child.
To run riot, to go to excess.
To run through.
(a) To go through hastily; as to run through a book.
(b) To spend wastefully; as, to run through an estate.
To run to seed, to expend or exhaust vitality in producing
seed, as a plant; figuratively and colloquially, to cease
growing; to lose vital force, as the body or mind.
To run up, to rise; to swell; to grow; to increase; as,
accounts of goods credited run up very fast.
But these, having been untrimmed for many years, had
run up into great bushes, or rather dwarf trees.
--Sir W.
Scott.
To run with.
(a) To be drenched with, so that streams flow; as, the
streets ran with blood.
(b) To flow while charged with some foreign substance.
``Its rivers ran with gold.' --J. H. Newman. To run for an office (b) To decline in condition; as, to run down in health.
To run down a coast, to sail along it.
To run for an office, to stand as a candidate for an
office.
To run in or into.
(a) To enter; to step in.
(b) To come in collision with.
To run in trust, to run in debt; to get credit. [Obs.]
To run in with.
(a) To close; to comply; to agree with. [R.] --T. Baker.
(b) (Naut.) To make toward; to near; to sail close to; as,
to run in with the land.
To run mad, To run mad after or on. See under Mad.
To run on.
(a) To be continued; as, their accounts had run on for a
year or two without a settlement.
(b) To talk incessantly.
(c) To continue a course.
(d) To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with
sarcasm; to bear hard on.
(e) (Print.) To be continued in the same lines, without
making a break or beginning a new paragraph.
To run out.
(a) To come to an end; to expire; as, the lease runs out
at Michaelmas.
(b) To extend; to spread. ``Insectile animals . . . run
all out into legs.' --Hammond.
(c) To expatiate; as, to run out into beautiful
digressions.
(d) To be wasted or exhausted; to become poor; to become
extinct; as, an estate managed without economy will
soon run out.
And had her stock been less, no doubt She must
have long ago run out. --Dryden.
To run over.
(a) To overflow; as, a cup runs over, or the liquor runs
over.
(b) To go over, examine, or rehearse cursorily.
(c) To ride or drive over; as, to run over a child.
To run riot, to go to excess.
To run through.
(a) To go through hastily; as to run through a book.
(b) To spend wastefully; as, to run through an estate.
To run to seed, to expend or exhaust vitality in producing
seed, as a plant; figuratively and colloquially, to cease
growing; to lose vital force, as the body or mind.
To run up, to rise; to swell; to grow; to increase; as,
accounts of goods credited run up very fast.
But these, having been untrimmed for many years, had
run up into great bushes, or rather dwarf trees.
--Sir W.
Scott.
To run with.
(a) To be drenched with, so that streams flow; as, the
streets ran with blood.
(b) To flow while charged with some foreign substance.
``Its rivers ran with gold.' --J. H. Newman. To run in (b) To decline in condition; as, to run down in health.
To run down a coast, to sail along it.
To run for an office, to stand as a candidate for an
office.
To run in or into.
(a) To enter; to step in.
(b) To come in collision with.
To run in trust, to run in debt; to get credit. [Obs.]
To run in with.
(a) To close; to comply; to agree with. [R.] --T. Baker.
(b) (Naut.) To make toward; to near; to sail close to; as,
to run in with the land.
To run mad, To run mad after or on. See under Mad.
To run on.
(a) To be continued; as, their accounts had run on for a
year or two without a settlement.
(b) To talk incessantly.
(c) To continue a course.
(d) To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with
sarcasm; to bear hard on.
(e) (Print.) To be continued in the same lines, without
making a break or beginning a new paragraph.
To run out.
(a) To come to an end; to expire; as, the lease runs out
at Michaelmas.
(b) To extend; to spread. ``Insectile animals . . . run
all out into legs.' --Hammond.
(c) To expatiate; as, to run out into beautiful
digressions.
(d) To be wasted or exhausted; to become poor; to become
extinct; as, an estate managed without economy will
soon run out.
And had her stock been less, no doubt She must
have long ago run out. --Dryden.
To run over.
(a) To overflow; as, a cup runs over, or the liquor runs
over.
(b) To go over, examine, or rehearse cursorily.
(c) To ride or drive over; as, to run over a child.
To run riot, to go to excess.
To run through.
(a) To go through hastily; as to run through a book.
(b) To spend wastefully; as, to run through an estate.
To run to seed, to expend or exhaust vitality in producing
seed, as a plant; figuratively and colloquially, to cease
growing; to lose vital force, as the body or mind.
To run up, to rise; to swell; to grow; to increase; as,
accounts of goods credited run up very fast.
But these, having been untrimmed for many years, had
run up into great bushes, or rather dwarf trees.
--Sir W.
Scott.
To run with.
(a) To be drenched with, so that streams flow; as, the
streets ran with blood.
(b) To flow while charged with some foreign substance.
``Its rivers ran with gold.' --J. H. Newman. To run in trust (b) To decline in condition; as, to run down in health.
To run down a coast, to sail along it.
To run for an office, to stand as a candidate for an
office.
To run in or into.
(a) To enter; to step in.
(b) To come in collision with.
To run in trust, to run in debt; to get credit. [Obs.]
To run in with.
(a) To close; to comply; to agree with. [R.] --T. Baker.
(b) (Naut.) To make toward; to near; to sail close to; as,
to run in with the land.
To run mad, To run mad after or on. See under Mad.
To run on.
(a) To be continued; as, their accounts had run on for a
year or two without a settlement.
(b) To talk incessantly.
(c) To continue a course.
(d) To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with
sarcasm; to bear hard on.
(e) (Print.) To be continued in the same lines, without
making a break or beginning a new paragraph.
To run out.
(a) To come to an end; to expire; as, the lease runs out
at Michaelmas.
(b) To extend; to spread. ``Insectile animals . . . run
all out into legs.' --Hammond.
(c) To expatiate; as, to run out into beautiful
digressions.
(d) To be wasted or exhausted; to become poor; to become
extinct; as, an estate managed without economy will
soon run out.
And had her stock been less, no doubt She must
have long ago run out. --Dryden.
To run over.
(a) To overflow; as, a cup runs over, or the liquor runs
over.
(b) To go over, examine, or rehearse cursorily.
(c) To ride or drive over; as, to run over a child.
To run riot, to go to excess.
To run through.
(a) To go through hastily; as to run through a book.
(b) To spend wastefully; as, to run through an estate.
To run to seed, to expend or exhaust vitality in producing
seed, as a plant; figuratively and colloquially, to cease
growing; to lose vital force, as the body or mind.
To run up, to rise; to swell; to grow; to increase; as,
accounts of goods credited run up very fast.
But these, having been untrimmed for many years, had
run up into great bushes, or rather dwarf trees.
--Sir W.
Scott.
To run with.
(a) To be drenched with, so that streams flow; as, the
streets ran with blood.
(b) To flow while charged with some foreign substance.
``Its rivers ran with gold.' --J. H. Newman. To run in with (b) To decline in condition; as, to run down in health.
To run down a coast, to sail along it.
To run for an office, to stand as a candidate for an
office.
To run in or into.
(a) To enter; to step in.
(b) To come in collision with.
To run in trust, to run in debt; to get credit. [Obs.]
To run in with.
(a) To close; to comply; to agree with. [R.] --T. Baker.
(b) (Naut.) To make toward; to near; to sail close to; as,
to run in with the land.
To run mad, To run mad after or on. See under Mad.
To run on.
(a) To be continued; as, their accounts had run on for a
year or two without a settlement.
(b) To talk incessantly.
(c) To continue a course.
(d) To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with
sarcasm; to bear hard on.
(e) (Print.) To be continued in the same lines, without
making a break or beginning a new paragraph.
To run out.
(a) To come to an end; to expire; as, the lease runs out
at Michaelmas.
(b) To extend; to spread. ``Insectile animals . . . run
all out into legs.' --Hammond.
(c) To expatiate; as, to run out into beautiful
digressions.
(d) To be wasted or exhausted; to become poor; to become
extinct; as, an estate managed without economy will
soon run out.
And had her stock been less, no doubt She must
have long ago run out. --Dryden.
To run over.
(a) To overflow; as, a cup runs over, or the liquor runs
over.
(b) To go over, examine, or rehearse cursorily.
(c) To ride or drive over; as, to run over a child.
To run riot, to go to excess.
To run through.
(a) To go through hastily; as to run through a book.
(b) To spend wastefully; as, to run through an estate.
To run to seed, to expend or exhaust vitality in producing
seed, as a plant; figuratively and colloquially, to cease
growing; to lose vital force, as the body or mind.
To run up, to rise; to swell; to grow; to increase; as,
accounts of goods credited run up very fast.
But these, having been untrimmed for many years, had
run up into great bushes, or rather dwarf trees.
--Sir W.
Scott.
To run with.
(a) To be drenched with, so that streams flow; as, the
streets ran with blood.
(b) To flow while charged with some foreign substance.
``Its rivers ran with gold.' --J. H. Newman. To run mad (b) To decline in condition; as, to run down in health.
To run down a coast, to sail along it.
To run for an office, to stand as a candidate for an
office.
To run in or into.
(a) To enter; to step in.
(b) To come in collision with.
To run in trust, to run in debt; to get credit. [Obs.]
To run in with.
(a) To close; to comply; to agree with. [R.] --T. Baker.
(b) (Naut.) To make toward; to near; to sail close to; as,
to run in with the land.
To run mad, To run mad after or on. See under Mad.
To run on.
(a) To be continued; as, their accounts had run on for a
year or two without a settlement.
(b) To talk incessantly.
(c) To continue a course.
(d) To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with
sarcasm; to bear hard on.
(e) (Print.) To be continued in the same lines, without
making a break or beginning a new paragraph.
To run out.
(a) To come to an end; to expire; as, the lease runs out
at Michaelmas.
(b) To extend; to spread. ``Insectile animals . . . run
all out into legs.' --Hammond.
(c) To expatiate; as, to run out into beautiful
digressions.
(d) To be wasted or exhausted; to become poor; to become
extinct; as, an estate managed without economy will
soon run out.
And had her stock been less, no doubt She must
have long ago run out. --Dryden.
To run over.
(a) To overflow; as, a cup runs over, or the liquor runs
over.
(b) To go over, examine, or rehearse cursorily.
(c) To ride or drive over; as, to run over a child.
To run riot, to go to excess.
To run through.
(a) To go through hastily; as to run through a book.
(b) To spend wastefully; as, to run through an estate.
To run to seed, to expend or exhaust vitality in producing
seed, as a plant; figuratively and colloquially, to cease
growing; to lose vital force, as the body or mind.
To run up, to rise; to swell; to grow; to increase; as,
accounts of goods credited run up very fast.
But these, having been untrimmed for many years, had
run up into great bushes, or rather dwarf trees.
--Sir W.
Scott.
To run with.
(a) To be drenched with, so that streams flow; as, the
streets ran with blood.
(b) To flow while charged with some foreign substance.
``Its rivers ran with gold.' --J. H. Newman. To run mad after (b) To decline in condition; as, to run down in health.
To run down a coast, to sail along it.
To run for an office, to stand as a candidate for an
office.
To run in or into.
(a) To enter; to step in.
(b) To come in collision with.
To run in trust, to run in debt; to get credit. [Obs.]
To run in with.
(a) To close; to comply; to agree with. [R.] --T. Baker.
(b) (Naut.) To make toward; to near; to sail close to; as,
to run in with the land.
To run mad, To run mad after or on. See under Mad.
To run on.
(a) To be continued; as, their accounts had run on for a
year or two without a settlement.
(b) To talk incessantly.
(c) To continue a course.
(d) To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with
sarcasm; to bear hard on.
(e) (Print.) To be continued in the same lines, without
making a break or beginning a new paragraph.
To run out.
(a) To come to an end; to expire; as, the lease runs out
at Michaelmas.
(b) To extend; to spread. ``Insectile animals . . . run
all out into legs.' --Hammond.
(c) To expatiate; as, to run out into beautiful
digressions.
(d) To be wasted or exhausted; to become poor; to become
extinct; as, an estate managed without economy will
soon run out.
And had her stock been less, no doubt She must
have long ago run out. --Dryden.
To run over.
(a) To overflow; as, a cup runs over, or the liquor runs
over.
(b) To go over, examine, or rehearse cursorily.
(c) To ride or drive over; as, to run over a child.
To run riot, to go to excess.
To run through.
(a) To go through hastily; as to run through a book.
(b) To spend wastefully; as, to run through an estate.
To run to seed, to expend or exhaust vitality in producing
seed, as a plant; figuratively and colloquially, to cease
growing; to lose vital force, as the body or mind.
To run up, to rise; to swell; to grow; to increase; as,
accounts of goods credited run up very fast.
But these, having been untrimmed for many years, had
run up into great bushes, or rather dwarf trees.
--Sir W.
Scott.
To run with.
(a) To be drenched with, so that streams flow; as, the
streets ran with blood.
(b) To flow while charged with some foreign substance.
``Its rivers ran with gold.' --J. H. Newman. To run on (b) To decline in condition; as, to run down in health.
To run down a coast, to sail along it.
To run for an office, to stand as a candidate for an
office.
To run in or into.
(a) To enter; to step in.
(b) To come in collision with.
To run in trust, to run in debt; to get credit. [Obs.]
To run in with.
(a) To close; to comply; to agree with. [R.] --T. Baker.
(b) (Naut.) To make toward; to near; to sail close to; as,
to run in with the land.
To run mad, To run mad after or on. See under Mad.
To run on.
(a) To be continued; as, their accounts had run on for a
year or two without a settlement.
(b) To talk incessantly.
(c) To continue a course.
(d) To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with
sarcasm; to bear hard on.
(e) (Print.) To be continued in the same lines, without
making a break or beginning a new paragraph.
To run out.
(a) To come to an end; to expire; as, the lease runs out
at Michaelmas.
(b) To extend; to spread. ``Insectile animals . . . run
all out into legs.' --Hammond.
(c) To expatiate; as, to run out into beautiful
digressions.
(d) To be wasted or exhausted; to become poor; to become
extinct; as, an estate managed without economy will
soon run out.
And had her stock been less, no doubt She must
have long ago run out. --Dryden.
To run over.
(a) To overflow; as, a cup runs over, or the liquor runs
over.
(b) To go over, examine, or rehearse cursorily.
(c) To ride or drive over; as, to run over a child.
To run riot, to go to excess.
To run through.
(a) To go through hastily; as to run through a book.
(b) To spend wastefully; as, to run through an estate.
To run to seed, to expend or exhaust vitality in producing
seed, as a plant; figuratively and colloquially, to cease
growing; to lose vital force, as the body or mind.
To run up, to rise; to swell; to grow; to increase; as,
accounts of goods credited run up very fast.
But these, having been untrimmed for many years, had
run up into great bushes, or rather dwarf trees.
--Sir W.
Scott.
To run with.
(a) To be drenched with, so that streams flow; as, the
streets ran with blood.
(b) To flow while charged with some foreign substance.
``Its rivers ran with gold.' --J. H. Newman. To run out (b) To decline in condition; as, to run down in health.
To run down a coast, to sail along it.
To run for an office, to stand as a candidate for an
office.
To run in or into.
(a) To enter; to step in.
(b) To come in collision with.
To run in trust, to run in debt; to get credit. [Obs.]
To run in with.
(a) To close; to comply; to agree with. [R.] --T. Baker.
(b) (Naut.) To make toward; to near; to sail close to; as,
to run in with the land.
To run mad, To run mad after or on. See under Mad.
To run on.
(a) To be continued; as, their accounts had run on for a
year or two without a settlement.
(b) To talk incessantly.
(c) To continue a course.
(d) To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with
sarcasm; to bear hard on.
(e) (Print.) To be continued in the same lines, without
making a break or beginning a new paragraph.
To run out.
(a) To come to an end; to expire; as, the lease runs out
at Michaelmas.
(b) To extend; to spread. ``Insectile animals . . . run
all out into legs.' --Hammond.
(c) To expatiate; as, to run out into beautiful
digressions.
(d) To be wasted or exhausted; to become poor; to become
extinct; as, an estate managed without economy will
soon run out.
And had her stock been less, no doubt She must
have long ago run out. --Dryden.
To run over.
(a) To overflow; as, a cup runs over, or the liquor runs
over.
(b) To go over, examine, or rehearse cursorily.
(c) To ride or drive over; as, to run over a child.
To run riot, to go to excess.
To run through.
(a) To go through hastily; as to run through a book.
(b) To spend wastefully; as, to run through an estate.
To run to seed, to expend or exhaust vitality in producing
seed, as a plant; figuratively and colloquially, to cease
growing; to lose vital force, as the body or mind.
To run up, to rise; to swell; to grow; to increase; as,
accounts of goods credited run up very fast.
But these, having been untrimmed for many years, had
run up into great bushes, or rather dwarf trees.
--Sir W.
Scott.
To run with.
(a) To be drenched with, so that streams flow; as, the
streets ran with blood.
(b) To flow while charged with some foreign substance.
``Its rivers ran with gold.' --J. H. Newman. To run over (b) To decline in condition; as, to run down in health.
To run down a coast, to sail along it.
To run for an office, to stand as a candidate for an
office.
To run in or into.
(a) To enter; to step in.
(b) To come in collision with.
To run in trust, to run in debt; to get credit. [Obs.]
To run in with.
(a) To close; to comply; to agree with. [R.] --T. Baker.
(b) (Naut.) To make toward; to near; to sail close to; as,
to run in with the land.
To run mad, To run mad after or on. See under Mad.
To run on.
(a) To be continued; as, their accounts had run on for a
year or two without a settlement.
(b) To talk incessantly.
(c) To continue a course.
(d) To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with
sarcasm; to bear hard on.
(e) (Print.) To be continued in the same lines, without
making a break or beginning a new paragraph.
To run out.
(a) To come to an end; to expire; as, the lease runs out
at Michaelmas.
(b) To extend; to spread. ``Insectile animals . . . run
all out into legs.' --Hammond.
(c) To expatiate; as, to run out into beautiful
digressions.
(d) To be wasted or exhausted; to become poor; to become
extinct; as, an estate managed without economy will
soon run out.
And had her stock been less, no doubt She must
have long ago run out. --Dryden.
To run over.
(a) To overflow; as, a cup runs over, or the liquor runs
over.
(b) To go over, examine, or rehearse cursorily.
(c) To ride or drive over; as, to run over a child.
To run riot, to go to excess.
To run through.
(a) To go through hastily; as to run through a book.
(b) To spend wastefully; as, to run through an estate.
To run to seed, to expend or exhaust vitality in producing
seed, as a plant; figuratively and colloquially, to cease
growing; to lose vital force, as the body or mind.
To run up, to rise; to swell; to grow; to increase; as,
accounts of goods credited run up very fast.
But these, having been untrimmed for many years, had
run up into great bushes, or rather dwarf trees.
--Sir W.
Scott.
To run with.
(a) To be drenched with, so that streams flow; as, the
streets ran with blood.
(b) To flow while charged with some foreign substance.
``Its rivers ran with gold.' --J. H. Newman. To run over[Colloq.]
Over the left. See under Left.
To run over (Mach.), to have rotation in such direction
that the crank pin traverses the upper, or front, half of
its path in the forward, or outward, stroke; -- said of a
crank which drives, or is driven by, a reciprocating
piece. To run riotRiot Ri"ot, n. [OF. riote, of uncertain origin; cf. OD. revot,
ravot.]
1. Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
His headstrong riot hath no curb. --Shak.
2. Excessive and exxpensive feasting; wild and loose
festivity; revelry.
Venus loveth riot and dispense. --Chaucer.
The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day. --Pope.
3. (Law) The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an
unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the
execution of some private object.
To run riot, to act wantonly or without restraint.
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