high-runningadj.
/ˌhʌɪˈrʌnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈhaɪˈˌrənɪŋ/ rare. Now historical.
Of a die: fixed so as to turn up high numbers. Cf. high runner n.
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1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love iii. 44 The high-running Dice.
1927 M. Summers Geogr. Witchcraft viii. 600 Some attributed his fortune to high-running dice and sleight-o'-hand rather than to mystic runes and sigils.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1671- come to light with
- come to limerick
- come to loggerheads
- come to market
- come to meal
- come to meet
- come to memory
- come to memory again
- come to mind
- come to mischance
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- come to nought
- come to one purpose
- come to one's hand
- come to one's hands
- come to one's hearing
- come to one's kingdom
- come to one's memory
- come to one's memory again
- come to one's naked bed
- come to one's oneself
- come to one's own knowledge
- come to one's right mind
- come to one's senses