Running block (Mech.), a block in an arrangement of pulleys which rises
or sinks with the weight which is raised or lowered. -- Running board,
a narrow platform extending along the side of a locomotive. -- Running
bowsprit (Naut.) Same as Reefing bowsprit. -- Running days (Com.), the
consecutive days occupied on a voyage under a charter party, including
Sundays and not limited to the working days. Simmonds. -- Running fire,
a constant fire of musketry or cannon. -- Running gear, the wheels and
axles of a vehicle, and their attachments, in distinction from the
body; all the working parts of a locomotive or other machine, in
distinction from the framework. - - Running hand, a style of rapid
writing in which the letters are usually slanted and the words formed
without lifting the pen; -- distinguished from round hand. -- Running
part (Naut.), that part of a rope that is hauled upon, -- in
distinction from the standing part. -- Running rigging (Naut.), that
part of a ship's rigging or ropes which passes through blocks, etc.; --
in distinction from standing rigging. -- Running title (Print.), the
title of a book or chapter continued from page to page on the upper
margin.
Run"ning, n. The act of one who, or of that which runs; as, the running
was slow.
2. That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a
certain time or during a certain operation; as, the first running of a
still.