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Race.


1. (Hydraulic Engineering.) The canal or course by which water is conducted to a waterwheel from the mill-pond or stream above, and is conveyed away after having done its work. The water reaches the wheel by the head-race and leaves it by the tail-race.


2. (Loom.) The path or guiding trough for the shuttle in the lay or batten.

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