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Run
·- of Run. II. Run ·p.p. of Run. III. Run ·adj To creep, as serpents. IV. Run ·adj Smuggled; as, ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
run
n. 1) Tract of land over which sheep orcattle may graze. It is curious that what in England is call...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
run
The distance sailed by a ship. Also, used among sailors to imply the agreement to work a single pass...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Run-around
·add. ·noun A whitlow running around the finger nail, but not affecting the bone. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
run goods
A maidenhead, being a commodity never entered. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
run-about
n. and adj. Run-abouts are cattle left to graze at will,and the runabout – yard is the enclosure fo...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
run-hunting
exploring for a new run. See Run. 1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Squatter's Dream,' c. xix. p. 238: «What...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
sheep-run
n. See run. ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
hard run
To be hard pressed; and especially to be in want of money. The same as hard pushed. We knew the Tam...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
let run
, or let go by the run. Cast off at once. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
run, clean
When the after part of a ship's form exhibits a long clean curvature approaching to a wedge. ♦ Ful...

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run-money
The money paid for apprehending a deserter, and charged against his wages. Also, the sum given to se...

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to run a buck
To poll a bad vote at an election.--IRISH TERM. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
to cut and run
To be off; to be gone.--Holloway's Prov. Dictionary. Originally a nautical term. To cut the cable o...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
to run one's face
To make use of one's credit. 'To run one's face for a thing,' is to get it on tick. Any one who can...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
run of stones
A pair of mill-stones is called a run of stones when in operation or placed in a mill. The Rochester...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
rings, to run round
: to beat out and out. Apicturesque bit of Australian slang. One runner runs straightto the goal, th...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
cut and run, to
To cut the cable for an escape. Also, to move off quickly; to quit occupation; to be gone. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
risk a run, to
To take chance without convoy. ...

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run of the ice
In Arctic parlance, implies that the ice is suddenly impelled by a rushing motion, arising from curr...

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run away with it!
The order to men on a tackle fall, when light goods are being hoisted in, or in hoisting top-sails, ...

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let go by the run
, or let go by the run. Cast off at once. ...

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run, to lower by the
To let go altogether, instead of lowering with a turn on a cleat or bitt-head. ...

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run away with her anchor
Said of a ship when she drags or "shoulders" her anchor; drifting away owing to the anchor not holdi...

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run down a coast, to
To sail along it, keeping parallel to or skirting its dangers. ...

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run down a vessel, to
To pass over, into, or foul her by running against her end-on, so as to jeopardize her. ...

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run out a warp, to
To carry a hawser out from the ship by a boat, and fasten it to some distant place to remove the shi...

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under-run a warp, to
To haul a boat along underneath it, in order to clear it, if any part happens to be foul. To under-r...

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under-run a hawser or warp, to
To haul a boat along underneath it, in order to clear it, if any part happens to be foul. To under-r...

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run athwart a ship's course, to
To cross her path. ...

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