Rundle, run′dl, n. a round, a rung or step of a ladder: a ring, an orbit: a ball.—adj. Run′dled. [Roundel.]
Rundlet, rund′let, n. a small barrel.—Also Run′let.
Rune, rōōn, n. one of the characters or letters used by the peoples of northern Europe down to the 16th century: (pl.) the ancient Scandinavian alphabet or futhorc—from its first six letters f, u, th, o, r, c (the writing is called Runic, the individual letters Rune-staves, or less correctly Runes): a secret, a mystic sentence: any song mystically expressed.—n. Rune′craft.—adj. Runed.—n. Ru′ner.—adj. Ru′nic, relating to runes, to the ancient Teutonic nations, or to their characters.—ns. Runol′ogist, one versed in Runic remains; Runol′ogy.—Runic knots, a form of interlaced ornament. [A.S. rún, a secret. The word is found in M. E. rounen, to whisper, and is cog. with Old High Ger. runa, a secret, Goth. runa, secret.]
Rung, rung, n. one of the floor-timbers of a ship: one of the rounds of a ladder: a bar: a heavy staff: a cudgel: one of the radial handles of a steering-wheel. [A.S. hrung, a beam; Ger. runge.]
Rung, rung, pa.t. and pa.p. of ring.—adj. having a ring through the nose, as a hog.
Runkle, runk′l, v.i. to wrinkle: to crease.
Runn, run, n. in India, a tract of sandy or boggy land—often overflowed by the tide. [Hind. rān.]
Runnel, run′el, n. a little brook. [A.S. rynel, dim. of ryne, a stream—rinnan, to run.]
Runrig, run′rig, n. a species of ownership under which the alternate ridges of a field belong to different owners—also Run′ridge, Run′dale, a survival of the simple form of open-field husbandry, under the tribal system once universally prevalent in the western districts of Britain.
Runt, runt, n. a young ox or cow: an undersized animal: a dwarf: a bow: a breed of domestic pigeons: the dead stump of a tree: the stem of a cabbage.—adj. Runt′y.