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Running in the same direction; -- said of stems twining round a support, or of the spiral succession of leaves on stems and their branches.

ion in which the successive generations are alike, the offspring, either animal or plant, running through the same cycle of existence as the parent; gamogenesis; -- opposed to heterogenesis.

l America (Trianthema monogymnum). -- Horse race, a race by horses; a match of horses in running or trotting. -- Horse racing, the practice of racing with horses. -- Horse railroad, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States, called a tramway. -- Horse run (C…

d crab of the genus Ocypoda, living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies, noted for running very swiftly.

A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle. To follow the hounds, to hunt with hounds.

ts, from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand, water, or mercury occupies an hour in running through a small aperture unto the lower.

In India, a running footman; a messenger. [Written also hurkaroo.]

Of or pertaining to measurement of the velocity, discharge, etc., of running water.

The art or operation of measuring the velocity or discharge of running water, as in rivers, etc.

ce. Anchor ice, ice which sometimes forms about stones and other objects at the bottom of running or other water, and is thus attached or anchored to the ground. -- Bay ice, ice formed in bays, fiords, etc., often in extensive fields which drift out to sea. -- Ground ice, anchor ice. -- Ice age (Geol.), the glacial…

al capacity; idiocy; foolishness. Worse than mere ignorance or idiotism. Shaftesbury. The running that adventure is the greatist idiotism. Hammond.

A running into; hence, an entering into a territory with hostile intention; a temporary invasion; a predatory or harassing inroad; a raid. The Scythian, whose incursions wild Have wasted Sogdiana. Milton. The incursions of the Goths disordered the affairs of the Roman Empire. Arbuthnot.

mold; to figure; to fashion. "The informing Word." Coleridge. Let others better mold the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass. Dryden. Breath informs this fleeting frame. Prior. Breathes in our soul,informs our mortal part. Pope.

A bay or recess,as in the shore of a sea, lake, or large river; a narrow strip of water running into the land or between islands.

lso,the place of their sittings. -- Inner jib (Naut.), a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay running from the fore-topmast head to the jib boom. -- Inner plate (Arch.), the wall plate which lies nearest to the center of the roof,in a double-plated roof. -- Inner post (Naut.), a piece brought on at the fore side of the m…

A passing or running between; occurrence. Boyle.

Running between or among; intervening. Boyle. Bp. Fell.

when it has accumulated so as to fill the upper part of the siphon, and ceasing when, by running through it, it has fallen below the orifice of the upper part of the siphon in the reservoir.

To water; to wet; to moisten with running or dropping water; to bedew.

To push; to drive; to force by running against; to jostle. We justled one another out, and disputed the post for a great while. Addison.