It is impossible for detached papers to have a general run, or long
continuance, if not diversified with humor.
Addison.
6. Continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as, to have a
run of a hundred successive nights.
A canting, mawkish play . . . had an immense run.
Macaulay.
7. A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank or
treasury for payment of its notes.
8. A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep run.
Howitt.
9. (Naut.) (a) The aftermost part of a vessel's hull where it narrows
toward the stern, under the quarter. (b) The distance sailed by a ship;
as, a good run; a run of fifty miles. (c) A voyage; as, a run to China.