Webster's Dictionary 1828

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RUMORER

RU'MORER, noun A reporter; a teller of news.

3080

RUMORING

RU'MORING, participle present tense Reporting; telling news.

3081

RUMP

RUMP, noun1. The end of the back bone of an animal with the parts adjacent. Among the Jews, the rump was esteemed the most delicate part of the animal.2. The buttocks.

3082

RUMPLE

RUM'PLE, verb transitiveTo wrinkle; to make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; as, to rumple and apron or a cravat.RUM'PLE, noun A fold or plait.

3083

RUMPLED

RUM'PLED, participle passive Formed into irregular wrinkles or folds.

3084

RUMPLESS

RUMP'LESS, adjective Destitute of a tail; as a rumpless fowl.

3085

RUMPLING

RUMP'LING, participle present tense Making uneven.

3086

RUN

RUN, verb intransitivepreterit tense ran or run; participle passiverun1. To move or pass in almost any manner, as on the feet or on wheels. Men and other animals run on their fe...

3087

RUNAGATE

RUN'AGATE, noun A fugitive; an apostate; a rebel; a vagabond.

3088

RUNAWAY

RUN'AWAY, noun [run and away.] One that flies from danger or restraint; one that deserts lawful service; a fugitive.

3089

RUNCATION

RUNCA'TION, noun [Latin runcatio.] A weeding. [Not in use.]

3090

RUNCINATE

RUN'CINATE, adjective [Latin runcina, a saw.] In botany, a runcinate leaf is a sort of pinnatifid leaf, with the lobes convex before and straight behind, like the teeth of a dou...

3091

RUNDLE

RUND'LE, noun [from round.]1. A round; a step of a ladder.2. Something put round an axis; a peritrochium; as a cylinder with a rundle about it.

3092

RUNDLET

RUND'LET,RUNE, noun [See Runic.] The runic letter or character.

3093

RUNE

RUNE, n. [See Runic.] The runic letter or character.

3094

RUNER

RU'NER, noun A bard or learned man among the ancient Goths. [See Runic.]

3095

RUNES

RU'NES, nounplural Gothic poetry or rhymes.

3096

RUNG

RUNG, preterit tense and participle passive of ring.RUNG, noun A floor timber in a ship, whence the end is called a rung-head; more properly a floor-head.

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RUNIC

RU'NIC, adjectiveAn epithet applied to the language and letters of the ancient Goths.

3098

RUNLET

RUN'LET, noun [from round.] A small barrel of no certain dimensions. It may contain from 3 to 20 gallons.

3099

RUNNEL

RUN'NEL, noun [from run.] A rivulet or small brook. [Not in use.]

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RUNNER

RUN'NER, noun [from run.]1. One that runs; that which runs.2. A racer.3. A messenger.4. A shooting sprig.In every root there will be one runner with little buds on it.5. One of ...

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RUNNET

RUN'NET, nounThe concreted milk found in the stomachs of calves or other sucking quadrupeds. The same name is given to a liquor prepared by steeping the inner membrane of a calf...

3102

RUNNING

RUN'NING, participle present tense1. Moving or going with rapidity; flowing.2.adjective Kept for the race; as a running horse.3. In succession; without any intervening day, year...

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RUNNING-FIGHT

RUN'NING-FIGHT, noun A battle in which one party flees and the other pursues, but the party fleeing keeps up the contest.

3104

RUNNING-RIGGING

RUNNING-RIG'GING, noun That part of a ship's rigging or ropes which passes through blocks, etc.; in distinction from standing-rigging.

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RUNNING-TITLE

RUNNING-TITLE, noun In printing, the title of a book that is continued from page to page on the upper margin.