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One who, or that which, runs; a racer.

approach of others; a harbinger; a sign foreshowing something; a prognostic; as, the forerunner of a fever. Whither the forerunner in for us entered, even Jesus. Heb. vi. 20. My elder brothers, my forerunners, came. Dryden.

A celebrated Rhine wine.

An offshoot; a branch. [R.] "Some outrunner of the river." Lauson.

One that overruns. Lovelace.

One that starts from the scratch; hence, one of first-rate ability.

The ring plover, or the ringed dotterel. [Prov. Eng.]

A forerunner; a precursor. [Obs.]

One who administers baptism; -- specifically applied to John, the forerunner of Christ. Milton.

The beam which supports the spindle socket of the runner in a grinding mill. Knight.

eat speed. It ranges from California to Mexico and eastward to Texas; -- called also road runner, ground cuckoo, churea, and snake killerit is the state bird of New Mexico.

one of the side at the bat posted near first or third base to direct a base runner.

A courier or runner. [Obs.] "Cursitors to and fro." Holland.

of two firebrands, and pitched upon the point of a spear; formerly in Scotland borne by a runner as a signal for the clan to take up arms. Sir W. Scott.

A polishing block used in marble working; a runner. Knight.

Formerly, a servant who ran in front of his master's carriage; a runner. Prior.

ropean plant (Hydrocharis Morsus-ranæ), floating on still water and propagating itself by runners. It has roundish leaves and small white flowers.

Lamentable; doleful. [R.] "Funest and direful deaths." Coleridge. A forerunner of something very funest. Evelyn.

lang] Gag rein (Harness), a rein for drawing the bit upward in the horse's mouth. -- Gag runner (Harness), a loop on the throat latch guiding the gag rein.

One who, or that which, goes; a runner or walker; as: