What is to run too fast at times, as a marine engine or screw, when the screw is lifted out of water by the action of a heavy sea called?
race — (Steam Mach.) To run too fast at times, as a marine engine or screw, when the screw is lifted out of water by the action of a heavy sea. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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