3. That which runs or flows in the course of a certain operation, or
during a certain time; as, a run of must in wine making; the first run
of sap in a maple orchard.
4. A course; a series; that which continues in a certain course or
series; as, a run of good or bad luck.
They who made their arrangements in the first run of misadventure .
. . put a seal on their calamities.
Burke.