RACE  , an homonymous word of which the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal meanings are (1) a trial or contest of See also:

• SPEED, JOHN (1552–1629)

speed; (2) a tribe, breed, a See also:

• GROUP

group of individuals descended from a See also:

• COMMON

common ancestor . In the first See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case the word is an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of O.Nor. rds, a cognate See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form in O.E. being raes, See also:

• RUSH
• RUSH, BENJAMIN (1745–1813)
• RUSH, RICHARD (1780–1859)

rush, onset; while the O.E. descendant reese was frequently used in See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval See also:

• POETRY

poetry . The particular use of the word for a See also:

• SWIFT
• SWIFT, JONATHAN (1667—1745)

swift current of See also:

• WATER

water See also:

• RUNNING

running through a narrow channel, e.g. the Race of See also:

• ALDERNEY (Fr. Aurigny)

Alderney, and for the water conducted in an artificial channel to a point where its See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power is to be used, as in " See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

mill-race," may be due to the O.Fr. raz or raze, probably of See also:

• BRETON, BRITTON
• BRETON, JULES ADOLPHE

Breton origin . The second word, an ethnical or See also:

• NATIONAL

national stock, comes from Fr. rase, adapted from Ital. razzo, cf . Span. raza . It has been referred to an O.H.G. reiza, See also:

• LINE

line, See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark, cognate with Eng . " write," i.e. the line marking descent .