Defn: Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem; as, a running vine.
6. (med.)
Defn: 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. — Running bowsprit (Naut.) Same as Reefing bowsprit. — Running days (Com.), the consecutive days occupied on a voyage under 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.; — is distinction from standing rigging. — Running title (Print.), the title of a book or chapter continued from page to page on the upper margin.
RUNNING
Run"ning, n.
Defn: The act of one who, or of that which runs; as, the running was slow.
2. That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation; as, the first running of a still.
3. The discharge from an ulcer or other sore. At long running, in the long run. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
RUNNING LOAD Run"ning load. (Aëronautics) (a) The air pressure supported by each longitudinal foot segment of a wing. (b) Commonly, the whole weight of aëroplane and load divided by the span, or length from tip to tip.
RUNNINGLY
Run"ning*ly, adv.
Defn: In a running manner.