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1. Any long piece of wood, S.
_Chr. Kirk._
2. A coa.r.s.e 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 s.h.i.+p.
_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._
Su. G. _rynka_, Dan. _rincke_, a wrinkle.
_To_ RUNKLE, _v. a._
1. In part. pa. _runkled_, wrinkled, S.
_Ramsay._
2. To crease, to crumple, S.
A. S. _wrincl-ian_, Su. G. _rynck-a_, rugare.
~Runkle~, ~Runkill~, _s._
1. A wrinkle, S.
_Douglas._
2. A rumple, S.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
RUNRIG, lands are said to lie _runrig_, where the alternate ridges of a field belong to different proprietors, or are occupied by different tenants, S.; qu. _ridges running_ parallel.
_Erskine._
RUNT, _s._
1. Trunk of a tree.
_Pal. Hon._
2. A hardened stalk; as, _a kail runt_, the stem of colewort, S.
_Burns._
3. The tail of an animal, Galloway.
4. A contemptuous designation for a female, more generally applied to one advanced in life, with _auld_ prefixed, S.
Germ. _rinde_, bark, crust.
_Davidson._
RUNT, _s._ An old cow, S. B., one that has given over breeding, Caithn.
Germ. _rinde_, an ox, or cow.
RURYK, _adj._ Rural, rustic.
_Wallace._
_To_ RUSCH, RWYSS, _v. a._ To drive.
_Barbour._
Su. G. _rus-a_, _rusk-a_, irruere.
~Rusche~, ~Rwhys~, _s._ Drive.
_Wyntown._
_To_ RUSE, ROOSE, _v. a._ To extol; sometimes _reese_, S.
_Douglas._
_Ill rused_, discommended.
