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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Running \Run"ning\, a.
     1. Moving or advancing by running. Specifically, of a horse:
        (a) Having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
        (b) trained and kept for running races; as, a running
            horse. --Law.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Flowing; easy; cursive; as, a running hand.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the
        facts with a running explanation. ``A running conquest.''
        --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              What are art and science if not a running commentary
              on Nature?                            --Hare.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. (Bot.) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem;
        as, a running vine.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. (Med.) Discharging pus; as, a running sore.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Running \Run"ning\, a.
     1. Moving or advancing by running. Specifically, of a horse;
        (a) Having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
        (b) trained and kept for running races; as, a running
            horse. --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. ``A running conquest.''
        --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.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  running block
     n.
     A block in an arrangement of pulleys.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  running block
     n.
     A block in an arrangement of pulleys.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  running block
     n.
     A block in an arrangement of pulleys.

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  running block /ɹˈʌnɪŋ blˈɒk/
  1. mozgó csiga
  2. futómacska

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