Runlet

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Runlet \Run"let\, n. [Run + -let.]
     A little run or stream; a streamlet; a brook.
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           To trace out to its marshy source every runlet that has
           cast in its tiny pitcherful with the rest. --Lowell.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rundlet \Rund"let\, n. [Dim. of OF. rondele a little tun, fr.
     rond round. See {Round}, and cf. {Roundlet}, {Runlet}.]
     A small barrel of no certain dimensions. It may contain from
     3 to 20 gallons, but it usually holds about 141/2 gallons.
     [Written also {runlet}.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Runlet \Run"let\, n.
     Same as {Rundlet}. "A stoup of sack, or a runlet of canary."
     --Sir W. Scott.
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