2. Company; herd; breed.

For do but note a wild and wanton herd, Or race of youthful and

unhandled colts, Fetching mad bounds.

Shak.

3. (Bot.) A variety of such fixed character that it may be propagated

by seed.

4. Peculiar flavor, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or

assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine;

hence, characteristic flavor; smack. "A race of heaven." Shak.

Is it [the wine] of the right race ?

Massinger.

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