A strong or rapid current of water, or the channel or passage for such current; as a mill-race.--Webster.
·noun Company; herd; breed. II. Race ·vt To run a race with. III. Race ·noun A <<Root>>. IV. Race...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
rennet, or renning. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Strong currents producing overfalls, dangerous to small craft. They may be produced by narrow channe...
The Sailor's Word-Book
[Games] ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·add. ·- The Malay or Polynesian race; — loosely so called. ...
·add. ·- A game, match, ·etc., open only to losers in early stages of contests. ...
·add. ·- A race to be run by the produce of horses named or described at the time of entry. ...
·add. ·- The voluntary failure of the members of a race or people to have a number of children suffi...
·add. ·- A race by men carrying torches, as in ancient Greece. ...
The water course leading from a mill after it has passed the water-wheel. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Applies to marking timber with the race-tool. ...
(Alca?) A duck of the South Seas; thus named, says Cook, for "the great swiftness with which they ru...
A boat-race where the crews are drawn by lot. ...
The water which leaves the paddles of a steam-boat. Also, the water-course of a mill beyond the wate...