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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1v.
navigate a rapids, riffle, etc. in a canoe, boat, or raft.
See: shoot ((v.))(def. 1)
Quotations
1781
The Canadians run this fall down, enter on the south side and cross directly to the north.
1869
The Prince "ran the Slides," visited the Upper Ottawa, and enjoyed a few days hunting. . . .
1965
Occasional portaging is the price paid for the fun of running rapids.
2v. — Hist.
take part in a buffalo run (def. 1).
Quotations
1765
I Have Sean them [ponies] Run [buffalo] with those of Natrall Nostrals and Cumin Apearantley Not the Least Out of Breath.
1820
Mr. Heriot, to shew us the mode of hunting on horseback, or as the traders term it, running of the buffalo, went in chase of a cow, and killed it after firing three shots.
1963
There could be no room for selfish individualism when the métis ran the buffalo. . . .
3v. — Lumbering
move or transport logs from the cutting area by skidding, driving, towing, etc.
Quotations
1847
In 1847 the firm advanced to Allan Edgar four cents per cubic foot on a lot of timber which was "to run to Bellevile," down the Moira River; it was to be rafted and sold on the same terms as the Grant lot of the year before.
1958
Trees were chosen to be felled that could be run to the water without too much difficulty.
1961
Running and guiding the logs down the rapids was a very dangerous business in the days before the construction of the slides and runways.
4a†v.
put forward (as a candidate); endorse.
Quotations
1844
The Tories could not run a single candidate, but are forced to give their support to one of the two Reformers, in three of the Wards.
1860
When the poll closed two of the high priests of the H.B. Company expressed great regret that they had not attempted to run three candidates, instead of two.
1958
In the provincial election of 1898 they ran Ralph Smith . . . as an independent labor candidate . . . in Nanaimo and elected him. . . .
4b†v.
stand for public office; enter an election as a candidate.
Quotations
1851
Why not bring out a second progressive Reformer Candidate to run with Mr. O'Neill?
1958
Ralph Walker . . . said Monday he is considering running for leader of the provincial Liberals.
5v.
function as a forerunner.
Quotations
1893
One Night, Sowanas . . . complained of a swelling in one of his knees which made it impossible for him to keep running ahead of the trains at the rapid rate we wished to travel.
1896
On the following day, the tenth from Grand Rapids, as Aleck was able to run again, I occupied the cariole myself.
6v.
of animals, be abundant at a special time.
See: run ((n.))(def. 6)
Quotations
1921
On some rounds, particularly in November and March, when fur is running, he will do better; on others not so well.
7v.
follow a trapline (def. 1) to gather the catch, check and reset the traps, etc.
See: trapline(def. 1)
Quotations
1913
He said that he and partner, the murdered man, had been met by Charley Seguis while running their trap-line. . . .
1956
His father had mushed the dogs out to Pitchpine for supplies, and he had offered to run the line by himself.
1966
They prefer to trap a small area to extinction and then move their tent to a new area and begin all over, rather than run a lone line and move their traps frequently during the season.
8v.
run one's face, buy on credit.
See: jawbone
Quotations
1870
Thy equals to obtain/I know not way, nor place/ Unless to cloth my legs,/I run my face.
9†v.
run ice, of rivers, choked with running ice.
See: running ice
Quotations
1897
The channel of open water to the north was running full of heavy ice, making it quite impossible to use the boat.
1960
. . . the best hunting is in the fall when the Mackenzie is running ice, ruling out the possibility of a crossing.