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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rundle  \Run"dle\,  n.  [E.  round.  Cf  {Rondle}.] 
  1.  A  round;  a  step  of  a  ladder;  a  rung.  --Duppa. 
 
  2.  A  ball.  [Obs.]  --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.  (Mach.)  One  of  the  pins  or  trundles  of  a  lantern  wheel. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rundle 
  n  :  one  of  the  crosspieces  that  form  the  steps  of  a  ladder  [syn: 
  {spoke},  {rung}] 




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