3. One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.
4. (Mach.)
Defn: One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel; also, one of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.
RUNGHEAD
Rung"head`, n. (Shipbuilding)
Defn: The upper end of a floor timber in a ship.
RUNIC
Ru"nic, a.
Defn: 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. — Runic wand, a willow wand bearing runes, formerly thought to have been used by the heathen tribes of Northern Europe in magical ceremonies.
RUNLET
Run"let, n. Etym: [Run + -let.]
Defn: 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. Lowell.
RUNLET
Run"let, n.