RUMMAGE. The search by custom-house officers for smuggled goods.
RUN. The distance sailed by a ship. Also, used among sailors to imply the agreement to work a single passage from one place to another, as from Jamaica to England, and so forth.—To make a run. To sway with alacrity.
RUN, Clean. When the after part of a ship's form exhibits a long clean curvature approaching to a wedge.—Full run. When it is otherwise.
RUN of the Ice. In Arctic parlance, implies that the ice is suddenly impelled by a rushing motion, arising from currents at a distance.
RUN, To Lower by the. To let go altogether, instead of lowering with a turn on a cleat or bitt-head.
RUN ATHWART A SHIP'S COURSE, To. To cross her path.
RUN AWAY WITH HER ANCHOR. Said of a ship when she drags or "shoulders" her anchor; drifting away owing to the anchor not holding, for want, perhaps, of sufficient range of cable.
RUN AWAY WITH IT! The order to men on a tackle fall, when light goods are being hoisted in, or in hoisting top-sails, jib, or studding-sails.
RUNDLE. That part of a capstan round which the messenger is wound, including the drumhead. (See [Whelps].)
RUN DOWN A COAST, To. To sail along it, keeping parallel to or skirting its dangers.