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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 s.h.i.+p.

_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.