An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

RUMPLE, RUMPILL, s.
1. The rump, S.
Ramsay.
2. The tail, S.
Bellenden.

RUNCHES, s. pl. Wild mustard; also, wild radish, S. A. Bor.
Polwart.

RUND, ROON, s.
1. A border, a selvage, S.
Burns.
2. A shred, a remnant, S. B.
Gl. Shirr.

Isl. rond, raund, margo, extremitas.

To RUNDGE, v. n. To gnaw.
V. [Ronged].
Evergreen.

RUNG, s.
1. Any long piece of wood, S.
Chr. Kirk.
2. A coarse heavy staff, S.
Maclaurin.
3. Used to denote the stroke of poverty.
J. Nicol.

Moes. G. hrung, virga; Isl. raung, pl. rungor, the ribs of a ship.

To RUNK, v. a. To deprive of, whether by fair or foul means, S. B.

Isl. rank-or, fraud; or perh. corr. from E. rook, to cheat.

RUNK, adj. Wrinkled, Aberd.
Journal Lond.