Run Run transitive verb (Golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.

Run-around Run"-a·round` noun (Medicine) A whitlow running around the finger nail, but not affecting the bone. [ Colloq.]

Runagate Run"a·gate noun [ French renégat , Prov. renegat . Late Latin renegatus ; confused with English run and gate a way. See Renegade .] A fugitive; a vagabond; an apostate; a renegade. See Renegade . Bunyan.

Wretched runagates from the jail.

De Quincey.

Who has not been a runagate from duty?

Hare.

Runaway Run"a·way` noun 1. One who, or that which, flees from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; a fugitive.

Thou runaway , thou coward, art thou fled?

Shak.

2. The act of running away, esp. of a horse or teams; as, there was a runaway yesterday.

Runaway Run"a·way` adjective 1. Running away; fleeing from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; as, runaway soldiers; a runaway horse.

2. Accomplished by running away or elopement, or during flight; as, a runaway marriage.

Runcation Run·ca"tion noun [ Latin runcatio , from runcare to weed out.] A weeding. [ Obsolete] Evelyn.

Runch Runch noun (Botany) The wild radish. Dr. Prior.

Runcinate Run"ci·nate adjective [ Latin runcinatus , past participle of runcinare to plane off, from runcina a plane.] (Botany) Pinnately cut with the lobes pointing downwards, as the leaf of the dandelion.

Rundel Run"del noun [ Confer Rindle .] A moat with water in it; also, a small stream; a runlet. [ Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Rundel Run"del noun [ Confer Rundle .] A circle. [ Prov. Eng.]

Rundle Run"dle noun [ English round . Confer Rondle .] 1. A round; a step of a ladder; a rung. Duppa.

2. A ball. [ Obsolete] Holland.

3. Something which rotates about an axis, as a wheel, or the drum of a capstan. "An axis or cylinder having a rundle about it." Bp. Wilkins.

4. (Machinery) One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.

Rundlet Rund"let noun [ Dim. of Old French rondele a little tun, from rond round. See Round , and confer Roundlet , Runlet .] A small barrel of no certain dimensions. It may contain from 3 to 20 gallons, but it usually holds about 14½ gallons. [ Written also runlet .]

Rune Rune (run) noun [ Anglo-Saxon rūn a rune, a secret, a mystery; akin to Icelandic rūn , Old High German & Goth. rūna a secret, secret colloquy, G. & Danish rune rune, and probably to Greek 'ereyna^n to search for. Confer Roun to whisper.] 1. A letter, or character, belonging to the written language of the ancient Norsemen, or Scandinavians; in a wider sense, applied to the letters of the ancient nations of Northern Europe in general.

» The Norsemen had a peculiar alphabet, consisting of sixteen letters, or characters, called runes , the origin of which is lost in the remotest antiquity. The signification of the word rune (mystery) seems to allude to the fact that originally only a few were acquainted with the use of these marks, and that they were mostly applied to secret tricks, witchcrafts and enchantments. But the runes were also used in communication by writing.

2. plural Old Norse poetry expressed in runes.

Runes were upon his tongue,
As on the warrior's sword.

Longfellow.

Rune stone , a stone bearing a runic inscription.

Runer Ru"ner noun A bard, or learned man, among the ancient Goths. Sir W. Temple.

Rung Rung imperfect & past participle of Ring .

Rung Rung noun [ Middle English ronge , Anglo-Saxon hrung , a staff, rod, pole; akin to German runge a short, thick piece of iron or wood, OD. ronghe a prop, support, Icelandic röng a rib in a ship, Goth. Hrugga a staff.] 1. (Shipbuilding) A floor timber in a ship.

2. One of the rounds of a ladder.

3. One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.

4. (Machinery) 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` noun (Shipbuilding) The upper end of a floor timber in a ship.

Runic Ru"nic adjective 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 noun [ Run + - let .] 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 noun Same as Rundlet . "A stoup of sack, or a runlet of canary." Sir W. Scott.

Runnel Run"nel noun [ From Run . Confer Rindle .] A rivulet or small brook.

Bubbling runnels joined the sound.

Collins.

By the very sides of the way . . . there are slow runnels , in which one can see the minnows swimming.

Masson.

Runner Run"ner noun [ From Run .] 1. One who, or that which, runs; a racer.

2. A detective. [ Slang, Eng.] Dickens.

3. A messenger. Swift.

4. A smuggler. [ Colloq.] R. North.

5. One employed to solicit patronage, as for a steamboat, hotel, shop, etc. [ Cant, U.S.]

6. (Botany) A slender trailing branch which takes root at the joints or end and there forms new plants, as in the strawberry and the common cinquefoil.

7. The rotating stone of a set of millstones.

8. (Nautical) A rope rove through a block and used to increase the mechanical power of a tackle. Totten.

9. One of the pieces on which a sled or sleigh slides; also the part or blade of a skate which slides on the ice.

10. (Founding) (a) A horizontal channel in a mold, through which the metal flows to the cavity formed by the pattern; also, the waste metal left in such a channel. (b) A trough or channel for leading molten metal from a furnace to a ladle, mold, or pig bed.

11. The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.

12. (Zoology) A food fish ( Elagatis pinnulatus ) of Florida and the West Indies; -- called also skipjack , shoemaker , and yellowtail . The name alludes to its rapid successive leaps from the water.

13. (Zoology) Any cursorial bird.

14. (Mech.) (a) A movable slab or rubber used in grinding or polishing a surface of stone. (b) A tool on which lenses are fastened in a group, for polishing or grinding.

Runnet Run"net noun See Rennet .

Running Run"ning adjective 1. Moving or advancing by running. Specifically, of a horse; (a) Having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer. (b) trained and kept for running races; as, a running horse. Law.

2. Successive; one following the other without break or intervention; -- said of periods of time; as, to be away two days running ; to sow land two years running .

3. Flowing; easy; cursive; as, a running hand.

4. Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the facts with a running explanation. "A running conquest." Milton.

What are art and science if not a running commentary on Nature?

Hare.

5. (Botany) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem; as, a running vine.

6. (Medicine) Discharging pus; as, a running sore.

Running block (Mech.) , a block in an arrangement of pulleys which rises or sinks with the weight which is raised or lowered. -- Running board , a narrow platform extending along the side of a locomotive. -- Running bowsprit (Nautical) Same as Reefing bowsprit . -- Running days (Com.) , the consecutive days occupied on a voyage under a charter party, including Sundays and not limited to the working days. Simmonds. -- Running fire , a constant fire of musketry or cannon. -- Running gear , the wheels and axles of a vehicle, and their attachments, in distinction from the body; all the working parts of a locomotive or other machine, in distinction from the framework. - - Running hand , a style of rapid writing in which the letters are usually slanted and the words formed without lifting the pen; -- distinguished from round hand . -- Running part (Nautical) , that part of a rope that is hauled upon, -- in distinction from the standing part . -- Running rigging (Nautical) , that part of a ship's rigging or ropes which passes through blocks, etc.; -- in distinction from standing rigging . -- Running title (Print.) , the title of a book or chapter continued from page to page on the upper margin.

Running Run"ning noun The act of one who, or of that which runs; as, the running was slow.

2. That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation; as, the first running of a still.

3. The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.

At long running , in the long run. [ Obsolete] Jer. Taylor.

Running load Run"ning load (Aëronautics) (a) The air pressure supported by each longitudinal foot segment of a wing. (b) Commonly, the whole weight of aëroplane and load divided by the span, or length from tip to tip.

Runningly Run"ning·ly adverb In a running manner.

Runnion Run"nion noun See Ronion.

Runology Ru·nol"o·gy noun [ Rune + - logy .] The science of runes. -- Ru*nol"o*gist noun

Runround Run"round` noun A felon or whitlow. [ Colloq. U.S.]

Runt Runt noun [ Written also rant .] [ Scot. runt an old cow, an old, withered woman, a hardened stem or stalk, the trunk of a tree; confer Dutch rund a bullock, an ox or cow, German rind . Confer Rother , adjective ] 1. (Zoology) Any animal which is unusually small, as compared with others of its kind; -- applied particularly to domestic animals.

2. (Zoology) A variety of domestic pigeon, related to the barb and carrier.

3. A dwarf; also, a mean, despicable, boorish person; -- used opprobriously.

Before I buy a bargain of such runts ,
I'll buy a college for bears, and live among 'em.

Beau. & Fl.

4. The dead stump of a tree; also, the stem of a plant. [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Neither young poles nor old runts are durable.

Holland.

Runty Runt"y adjective Like a runt; diminutive; mean.

Runway Run"way` noun 1. The channel of a stream.

2. The beaten path made by deer or other animals in passing to and from their feeding grounds.

Rupee Ru·pee" (ru*pē") noun [ Hind. rūpiyah , from Sanskrit rūpya silver, coined silver or gold, handsome.] A silver coin, and money of account, in the East Indies.

» The valuation of the rupee of sixteen annas, the standard coin of India, by the United States Treasury department, varies from time to time with the price of silver. In 1889 it was rated at about thirty-two cents.

Rupellary Ru"pel·la·ry noun [ From Latin rupes a rock.] Rocky. [ Obsolete] "This rupellary nidary." Evelyn.

Ru"pert's drop` A kind of glass drop with a long tail, made by dropping melted glass into water. It is remarkable for bursting into fragments when the surface is scratched or the tail broken; -- so called from Prince Rupert , nephew of Charles I., by whom they were first brought to England. Called also Rupert's ball , and glass tear .

Rupia Ru"pi·a noun [ New Latin , from G. ... filth, dirt.] (Medicine) An eruption upon the skin, consisting of vesicles with inflamed base and filled with serous, purulent, or bloody fluid, which dries up, forming a blackish crust.

Rupial Ru"pi·al adjective Of or pertaining to rupia.

Rupicola Ru·pic"o·la noun [ New Latin , from Latin rupes , gen. rupis , a rock + colere to inhabit.] (Zoology) A genus of beautiful South American passerine birds, including the cock of the rock.

» The species are remarkable for having an elevated fan-shaped crest of feathers on the head, and for the beautiful color of their plumage, which is mostly some delicate shade of yellow or orange.

Rupicoline Ru·pic"o·line adjective (Zoology) Rock-inhabiting.

Ruption Rup"tion noun [ Latin ruptio , from rumpere , ruptum , to break.] A breaking or bursting open; breach; rupture. "By ruption or apertion." Wiseman.

Ruptuary Rup"tu·a·ry noun [ Confer Roturier .] One not of noble blood; a plebeian; a roturier. [ R.]

The exclusion of the French ruptuaries ("roturiers," for history must find a word for this class when it speaks of other nations) from the order of nobility.

Chenevix.

Rupture Rup"ture noun [ Latin ruptura , from rumpere , ruptum to break: confer French rupture . See Reave , and confer Rout a defeat.] 1. The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of being broken asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a vessel or fiber; the rupture of a lutestring. Arbuthnot.

Hatch from the egg, that soon,
Bursting with kindly rupture , forth disclosed
Their callow young.

Milton.

2. Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly relations; as, the parties came to a rupture .

He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family.

E. Everett.

3. (Medicine) Hernia. See Hernia .

4. A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion .

Modulus of rupture . (Engineering) See under Modulus .

Syn. -- Fracture; breach; break; burst; disruption; dissolution. See Fracture .

Rupture Rup"ture transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Ruptured ; present participle & verbal noun Rupturing .] 1. To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.

2. To produce a hernia in.

Rupture Rup"ture intransitive verb To suffer a breach or disruption.

Ruptured Rup"tured adjective (Medicine) Having a rupture, or hernia.

Rupturewort Rup"ture·wort" noun (Botany) (a) Same as Burstwort . (b) A West Indian plant ( Alternanthera polygonoides ) somewhat resembling burstwort.

Rural Ru"ral adjective [ French, from Latin ruralis , from rus , ruris , the country. Confer Room space, Rustic .] 1. Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or resembling, the country; rustic; as, rural scenes; a rural prospect.

Here is a rural fellow; . . .
He brings you figs.

Shak.

2. Of or pertaining to agriculture; as, rural economy.

Rural dean . (Eccl.) See under Dean . -- Rural deanery (Eccl.) , the state, office, or residence, of a rural dean.

Syn. -- Rustic. -- Rural , Rustic . Rural refers to the country itself; as, rural scenes, prospects, delights, etc. Rustic refers to the character, condition, taste, etc., of the original inhabitants of the country, who were generally uncultivated and rude; as, rustic manners; a rustic dress; a rustic bridge; rustic architecture, etc.

We turn
To where the silver Thames first rural grows.

Thomson.

Lay bashfulness, that rustic virtue, by;
To manly confidence thy throughts apply.

Dryden.

Rurales Ru·ra"les (ru*rā"lēz) noun plural [ New Latin ] (Zoology) The gossamer-winged butterflies; a family of small butterflies, including the hairstreaks, violets, and theclas.

Ruralism Ru"ral·ism noun 1. The quality or state of being rural; ruralness.

2. A rural idiom or expression.

Ruralist Ru"ral·ist noun One who leads a rural life. Coventry.

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