Rump, rump, n. the end of the backbone of an animal with the parts adjacent.—n. Rum′per.—adj. Rump′-fed (Shak.), fattened in the rump, fat-bottomed.—adj. Rump′less, having no tail.—ns. Rump′-post, the share bone or pygostyle of a bird; Rump′-steak, steak cut from the thigh near the rump.—The rump, the remnant of the Long Parliament, after Col. Pryde's expulsion of about a hundred Presbyterian royalist members. [Ice. rumpr, Ger. rumpf, Dut. rumpe.]
Rumple, rum′pl, v.t. to crush out of shape: to make uneven.—n. a fold or wrinkle. [A variant of rimple. A.S. hrimpan, to wrinkle; Dut. rompelen.]
Rumpus, rum′pus, n. an uproar: a disturbance.
Rumswizzle, rum′swiz′l, n. a cloth made in Ireland from pure wool undyed.
Run, run, v.i. to move swiftly on the legs, to hasten, rush on: to move, travel, ply regularly to: to pass by: to have a certain form: (law) to have legal authority: to be current, as money: to average: to reach, have course in any direction: to make a fault, to slip, as thread in knitting: to stand as a candidate: to pass from one state to another: to pass quickly in thought, to dwell repeatedly upon in thought: to continue in operation, be in constant motion, to be carried, to extend: to move swiftly: to pass quickly on the ground: to flee: to go, as ships, &c.: to have course in any direction, to extend, spread: to flow: to dart: to turn: to extend through a period: to pierce: to fuse or melt: to turn or rotate: to be busied: to become: to be in force: to discharge matter, as a sore: to have a general tendency: to pass, fall: to creep: to press with immediate demands for payment, as a bank.—v.t. to cause to move swiftly, to keep running: to force forward: to push: to cause to pass: to fuse: to discharge, as a sore: to pursue in thought: to incur: to pour forth: to execute: to chase: to break through, as to run the blockade: to pierce: to sew: to fish in: to evade: to manage: to tease:—pr.p. run′ning; pa.t. ran; pa.p. run, as 'run brandy,' that which has been smuggled in.—n. act of running: course: flow: discharge from a sore: distance sailed: voyage: continued series: general reception: prevalence: popular clamour: an unusual pressure, as on a bank, for payment: a trip: the run of events: a small stream: the quantity run: the act of migrating: in base-ball, the complete circuit made by the player which enables him to score one: in cricket, a passing from one wicket to another, by which one point is scored: a range of pasturage: a pair of millstones: the aftermost part of a ship's bottom: (mus.) a succession of consecutive notes: a roulade.—ns. Run′about, a gadabout: a vagabond: an open wagon; Run′away, one who runs away from danger or restraint: a fugitive.—adj. fleeing from danger or restraint: done by or in flight.—ns. Run′let, Run′nel, a little run or stream: a brook; Run′man, a deserter from a ship-of-war; Run′ner, one who, or that which, runs: a racer: a messenger, agent, one employed to solicit patronage: a rooting stem that runs along the ground: a rope to increase the power of a tackle: a deserter: a smuggler: a manager of an engine: a Bow Street officer: in saddlery, a loop of metal through which a rein is passed: that on which anything slides: in moulding, a channel cut in a mould: the rotating-stone of a grinding-mill: the movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached: a tool in which lenses are fastened for polishing: a vessel for conveying fish, oysters, &c.—adj. Run′ning, kept for the race: successive: continuous: flowing: easy: cursive: discharging matter.—prep. (coll.) approaching or about.—n. act of moving swiftly: that which runs or flows, the quantity run: a discharge from a wound: the act of one who risks dangers, as in running a blockade: strength to run: the ranging of any animal.—n. Run′ning-block, a block in an arrangement of pulleys.—n.pl. Run′ning-days, the days occupied on a voyage, &c., under a charter, including Sundays.—ns. Run′ning-fight, a fight kept up between one party that flees and another that pursues; Run′ning-fire (mil.), a rapid succession of firing; Run′ning-gear, the wheels and axles of a vehicle; Run′ning-hand, a style of rapid writing without lifting the pen; Run′ning-knot, a knot made so as to form a noose when the rope is pulled.—n.pl. Run′ning-lights, the lights shown by vessels between sunset and sunrise.—adv. Run′ningly.—ns. Run′ning-or′nament, an ornament in which the design is continuous; Run′ning-rein, a form of driving-rein; Run′ning-rig′ging, all the rigging except the shrouds, stays, and lower mast-head pendants; Run′ning-thrush, a disease in the feet of horses; Run′ning-tī′tle, the title of a book, &c., continued from page to page on the upper margin; Run′ning-trap, a pipe so formed as to be a seal against the passage of gases; Run′way, a trail, track, or passage-way.—Run across, to come upon by accident; Run away with, to carry away in uncontrollable fright: to carry off in fleeing; Run down, to chase to exhaustion: to run against and sink, as a ship: to overbear, to crush; Run down a coast, to sail along it; Run hard, to press hard behind in a race or other competition; Run in, to go in: to arrest and take to a lock-up: (print.) to insert a word, &c., without making a break or new paragraph: to alter the position of matter to fill vacant space; Run into debt, to get into debt; Run in the blood, family, to belong to one by natural descent; Run off, to cause to flow out: to take impressions of, to print: to repeat, recount; Run on (print.), to continue in the same line, and not a new paragraph; Run out, to come to an end; Run over, to overflow: to go over cursorily; Run riot (see Riot); Run the chance, to encounter all risks; Run through, to expend, to waste, to pierce through and through; Run together, to mingle or blend; Run to seed, to shoot up too rapidly, to become exhausted, to go to waste; Run up, to make or mend hastily: to build hurriedly: to string up, hang.—In the long-run, in the end or final result; In the running, or Out of the running, competing, or not competing, in a contest, with good hopes of success in a candidature, &c., or the opposite; Make good one's running, to keep abreast with others; Take up the running, to go off at full speed; The common run, The run, or The run of mankind, ordinary people. [A.S. rinnan; Ger. rennen, Ice. renna, to run.]
Runagate, run′a-gāt, n. a vagabond: renegade: an apostate: a fugitive. [A corr. of renegade, but modified both in form and meaning by run.]
Runch, runch, n. the charlock: the wild radish.—n.pl. Runch′-balls, dried charlock.
Runch, runch, v.t. (Scot.) to grind, as with the teeth.
Runcinate, runs′in-āt, adj. (bot.) having the lobes convex before and straight behind, or pointing backward as in the dandelion. [L. runcinatus, pa.p. of runcināre, to plane off—runcina, a plane.]
Rundale, run′dāl, n. a system of holding land in single holdings made up of detached pieces.