RUN'NING, participle present tense 1. Moving or going with rapidity; flowing. 2. adjective Kept for the race; as a running horse. 3. In succession; without any intervening day, year, etc.; as, to visit two days running; to sow land two years running 4. Discharging pus or other matter; as a running sore. RUN'NING, noun 1. The act of running or passing with speed. 2. That which runs or flows; as the first running of a still or of cider at the mill. 3. The discharge of an ulcer or other sore.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI