Runcation
Run‐ca″tion (?), n. [L. runcatio, fr. runcare to weed out.] A weeding. Evelyn.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Runch
Runch (?), n.(Bot.) The wild radish. Dr. Prior.
Runcinate
Run″ci‐nate (?), a. [L. runcinatus, p. p. of runcinare to plane off, fr. runcina a plane.] (Bot.) Pinnately cut with the lobes pointing downwards, as the leaf of the dandelion.
Rundel
Run″del (?), n. [Cf. Rindle.] A moat with water in it; also, a small stream; a runlet. Halliwell.
Rundel (2)
Run″del, n. [Cf. Rundle.] A circle.
Rundle
Run″dle (?), n. [E. round. Cf. Rondle.] 1. A round; a step of a ladder; a rung. Duppa.2. A ball. Holland.3. Something which rotates about an axis, as a wheel, or the drum of a c...
Rundlet
Rund″let (?), n. [Dim. of OF. rondele a little tun, fr. rond round. See Round, and cf. Roundlet, Runlet.] A small barrel of no certain dimensions. It may contain from 3 to 20 ga...
Rune
Rune (rṳn), n. [AS. rūn a rune, a secret, a mystery; akin to Icel. rūn, OHG. & Goth. rūna a secret, secret colloquy, G. & Dan. rune rune, and probably to Gr. ερευνἀ̑ν to search ...
Runer
Ru″ner (?), n. A bard, or learned man, among the ancient Goths. Sir W. Temple.
Rung
Rung (?), imp. & p. p. of Ring.
Rung (2)
Rung, n. [OE. ronge, AS. hrung, a staff, rod, pole; akin to G. runge a short, thick piece of iron or wood, OD. ronghe a prop, support, Icel. röng a rib in a ship, Goth. Hrugga a...
Runghead
Rung″head′ (?), n.(Shipbuilding) The upper end of a floor timber in a ship.
Runic
Ru″nic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a rune, to runes, or to the Norsemen; as, runic verses; runic letters; runic names; runic rhyme.Runic staff. See Clog almanac, under Clog. — R...
Runlet
Run″let (?), n. [Run + -let.] A little run or stream; a streamlet; a brook.To trace out to its marshy source every runlet that has cast in its tiny pitcherful with the rest. Low...
Runlet (2)
Run″let, n. Same as Rundlet. “A stoup of sack, or a runlet of canary.” Sir W. Scott.
Runnel
Run″nel (?), n. [From Run. Cf. Rindle.] A rivulet or small brook.Bubbling runnels joined the sound. Collins.By the very sides of the way... there are slow runnels, in which one ...
Runner
Run″ner (?), n. [From Run.] 1. One who, or that which, runs; a racer.2. A detective. Dickens.3. A messenger. Swift.4. A smuggler. R. North.5. One employed to solicit patronage, ...
Runnet
Run″net (?), n. See Rennet.
Running
Run″ning (?), a. 1. Moving or advancing by running. Specifically, of a horse; (a) Having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer. (b) trained and kept for running races; as, a ru...
Running (2)
Run″ning, n. The act of one who, or of that which runs; as, the running was slow.2. That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a ...
Running load
Run″ning load. (Aëronautics) (a) The air pressure supported by each longitudinal foot segment of a wing. (b) Commonly, the whole weight of aëroplane and load divided by the span...
Runningly
Run″ning‐ly, adv. In a running manner.
Runnion
Run″nion (?), n. See Ronion.
Runology
Ru‐nol″o‐gy (?), n. [Rune + -logy.] The science of runes. — Ru‐nol″o‐gist (#), n.
Runround
Run″round′ (?), n. A felon or whitlow.
Runt
Runt (?), n. [Written also rant.] [Scot. runt an old cow, an old, withered woman, a hardened stem or stalk, the trunk of a tree; cf. D. rund a bullock, an ox or cow, G. rind. Cf...
Runty
Runt″y (?), a. Like a runt; diminutive; mean.