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To prevail; to succeed. [R.] Evelyn. So run that ye may obtain. 1 Cor. ix. 24. There is due from the judge to the advocate, some commendation, where causes are fair pleaded; especially towards the side which obtaineth not. Bacon.

One of a tribe of crabs which live in holes in the sand along the seashore, and run very rapidly, -- whence the name.

appropriate dignity of style. Hangs odes upon hawthorns and elegies on brambles. Shak. O! run; prevent them with thy humble ode, And lay it lowly at his blessed feet. Milton. Ode factor, one who makes, or who traffics in, odes; -- used contemptuously.

A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.

Frequently; often. [Obs.] Robert of Brunne.

A long four-wheeled carriage, having seats for many people; especially, one with seats running lengthwise, used in conveying passengers short distances.

answer; also, the place where it was given. The oracles are dumb; No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Milton.

The mass; the common run. [Obs.] I see no more in you than in the ordinary Of nature's salework. Shak.

Drunken revelry; a carouse. B. Jonson. Tennyson.

A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See Orgies

and guardian of mankind. He is the opponent of Ahriman, the spirit of evil, both being sprung from Eternity, or, according to another version, Ahriman being the offspring of a moment of doubt on the part of Ormazd. Ormazd is attended by angels and archangels. He is represented as a bearded man inclosed in a winged cir…

es; vibrating; swinging. Oscillating engine, a steam engine whose cylinder oscillates on trunnions instead of being permanently fixed in a perpendicular or other direction. Weale.

gnath fishes having the body covered with solid, immovable, bony plates. It includes the trunkfishes.

of Africa is the best known species. It has long and very strong legs, adapted for rapid running; only two toes; a long neck, nearly bare of feathers; and short wings incapable of flight. The adult male is about eight feet high.

A flow or running from the ear, esp. a purulent discharge.

To outrun or outwalk; hence, of a vessel, to outsail. [Colloq.]

Any spar or projecting timber run out for temporary use, as from a ship's mast, to hold a rope or a sail extended, or from a building, to support hoisting teckle.

To go faster than; to outrun; to advance beyond; to leave behing. Appetites which . . . had outstripped the hours. Southey. He still outstript me in the race. Tennyson.

Except. [Obs.] R. of Brunne.

From inside to outside, above or across the brim. Good measure, pressed down . . . and running over. Luke vi. 38.