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

  running days
     n.
     (plural of en running day)

  running days
     n.
     (plural of en running day)

  running days
     n.
     (plural of en running day)

  running days
     n.
     (plural of en running day)

  RUNNING DAYS. In settling the lay days, (q.v.) or the days of demurrage, 
  (q.v.) the contract sometimes specifies "running days;" by this expression 
  is, in general, understood, that the days shall be reckoned like the days in 
  a bill of exchange 1 Bell's Comm. 577, 5th ed.