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 ship.

_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.

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