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    Race, n. [OE. ras, res, rees, AS. rǣs a rush, running; akin to Icel. rās course, race. √118.]
    1. A progress; a course; a movement or progression.
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    2. Esp., swift progress; rapid course; a running.
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      The flight of many birds is swifter than the race of any beasts.
      Bacon.

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    3. Hence: The act or process of running in competition; a contest of speed in any way, as in running, riding, driving, skating, rowing, sailing; in the plural, usually, a meeting for contests in the running of horses; as, he attended the races.
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      The race is not to the swift.
      Eccl. ix. 11.

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      I wield the gauntlet, and I run the race.
      Pope.

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    4. Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.
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      My race of glory run, and race of shame.
      Milton.

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    5. A strong or rapid current of water, or the channel or passage for such a current; a powerful current or heavy sea, sometimes produced by the meeting of two tides; as, the Portland Race; the Race of Alderney.
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    6. The current of water that turns a water wheel, or the channel in which it flows; a mill race.
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      ☞ The part of the channel above the wheel is sometimes called the headrace, the part below, the tailrace.
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    7. (Mach.) A channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven back and forth, as in a loom, sewing machine, etc.
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      Race cloth, a cloth worn by horses in racing, having pockets to hold the weights prescribed. -- Race course. (a) The path, generally circular or elliptical, over which a race is run. (b) Same as Race way, below. -- Race cup, a cup given as a prize to the victor in a race. -- Race glass, a kind of field glass. -- Race horse. (a) A horse that runs in competition; specifically, a horse bred or kept for running races. (b) A breed of horses remarkable for swiftness in running. (c) (Zool.) The steamer duck. (d) (Zool.) A mantis. -- Race knife, a cutting tool with a blade that is hooked at the point, for marking outlines, on boards or metals, as by a pattern, -- used in shipbuilding. -- Race saddle, a light saddle used in racing. -- Race track. Same as Race course (a), above. -- Race way, the canal for the current that drives a water wheel.
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