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_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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