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Definition of Runovers
1. runover [n] - See also: runover
Lexicographical Neighbors of Runovers
Literary usage of Runovers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Style for Use of Copy Editors, Proof Readers, Operators, and by United States Government Printing Office (1908)
"When the title of a bill on the indorsement makes more than two lines, indent
the runovers 1* . ems; center the title when it makes but one or two lines. ..."
2. Manual of Style for Use of Copy Editors, Proof Readers, Operators, and by United States Government Printing Office (1908)
"When the title of a bill on the indorsement makes more than two lines, indent
the runovers l* ems; center the title when it makes but one or two lines. ..."
3. Firearms in American History by Charles Winthrop Sawyer (1920)
"be crude in line but also full of imperfections due to slips and runovers.
Only brief directions for engraving with acid need be given here because they can ..."
4. Manual of Cyanidation by Edward Montague Hamilton (1920)
"Omitting losses of solution by leakage and runovers, there is always a loss of
cyanide in the residue, both in the percolation and agitation processes, ..."
5. On the Road with a Circus by William Carter Thompson (1905)
"The lion or tiger may gleefully claw the too far outstretched hand of the curious
boy; a horse perhaps kicks or bites; there are runaways and runovers, ..."
6. Environmental Handbook for Fertilizer and Agrichemical Dealers edited by J. Harold Parker (1994)
"runovers must be avoided! Rinse Equipment Properly. Proper maintenance of equipment
is good housekeeping. It also promotes professionalism. ..."