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English → English (gcide) Definition: Race cloth Race \Race\, n. [OE. ras, res, rees, AS. r[=ae]s a rush, running; akin to Icel. r[=a]s course, race. [root]118.] 1. A progress; a course; a movement or progression. [1913 Webster] 2. Esp., swift progress; rapid course; a running. [1913 Webster] The flight of many birds is swifter than the race of any beasts. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] The race is not to the swift. --Eccl. ix. 11. [1913 Webster] I wield the gauntlet, and I run the race. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 4. Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life. [1913 Webster] My race of glory run, and race of shame. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 6. The current of water that turns a water wheel, or the channel in which it flows; a mill race. [1913 Webster] Note: The part of the channel above the wheel is sometimes called the headrace, the part below, the tailrace. [1913 Webster] 7. (Mach.) A channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven back and forth, as in a loom, sewing machine, etc. [1913 Webster] 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) (Zo["o]l.) The steamer duck. (d) (Zo["o]l.) 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. [1913 Webster]

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