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runlet |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Runlet \Run"let\, n. [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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Runlet \Run"let\, n. Same as {Rundlet}. ``A stoup of sack, or a runlet of canary.'' --Sir W. Scott.
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