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run down the process of a motor or mechanism coming gradually to a standstill after the source of power is removed How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Lizzy, my dear, run down to your father, and ask him how much he will give her. The Vale was known in former times as the Forest of White Hart, from a curious legend of King Henry III's reign, in which the killing by a certain Thomas de la Lynd of a beautiful white hart which the king had run down and spared, was made the occasion of a heavy fine. She's too weak to use a handkerchief, and the tears just run down her face. |
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