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1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 33 [He] lays far more Stress upon the running up of Yards and Top-masts well after a Storm.

1774 Ann. Reg., Projects 105/2 We are at a great remove from the Greeks and Romans, with respect to the running up of buildings with the degree of rapidity they used to do.

1783 Lett. & Papers Agric. (Bath & West of Eng. Soc.) II. 55 Frequent horse-hoeings..retard the immediate growth and hastily running up of the plant.

1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vi. iv. 107 The Van Winkles..noted for running of horses and running up of scores at taverns.

1847 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 8 i. 15 The feeding qualities of the root are thereby preserved, the land is not drawn by running up, and the vegetables [etc.].

1879 Man. Siege & Garrison Artillery Exercises 326 He..gives ‘run up’, when the handspikes are applied under the running up bolts.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XX. 221/ They also use a valve in the buffer piston which relieves the springs of resistance in running-up.

1971 R. Brewer Approach to Print iii. 47 This ‘running up’ of a press to high speed may cause a paper-waste factor of 12 per cent and over.

1998 E. S. Steinfield Forging Reform in China (1999) iv. 108 Financial Reform Expansion and the running up of receivables have certainly been encouraged.