RUNLET

Etymology 1

Noun

runlet (plural runlets)

A small stream or brook.

Etymology 2

Noun

runlet (plural runlets)

(archaic) A wine measure, equivalent to 18 gallons.

Source: Wiktionary


Run"let, n. Etym: [Run + -let.]

Definition: 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.

Run"let, n.

Definition: Same as Rundlet. "A stoup of sack, or a runlet of canary." Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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