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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.