Part 458

His whole appearance was something out of the common run.

W. Irving.

-- To let go by the run (Naut.), to loosen and let run freely, as lines; to let fall without restraint, as a sail.

Run, a. 1. Melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run butter; run iron or lead.

2. Smuggled; as, run goods. [Colloq.] Miss Edgeworth.

Run steel, malleable iron castings. See under Malleable. Raymond.

Run"a*gate (?), n. [F. renégat, Prov. renegat. LL. renegatus; confused with E. run and gate a way. See Renegade.] A fugitive; a vagabond; an apostate; a renegade. See Renegade. Bunyan.

Wretched runagates from the jail.

De Quincey.

Who has not been a runagate from duty?

Hare.

Run"a*way` (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, flees from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; a fugitive.

Thou runaway, thou coward, art thou fled?

Shak.

2. The act of running away, esp. of a horse or teams; as, there was a runaway yesterday.

Run"a*way`, a. 1. Running away; fleeing from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; as, runaway soldiers; a runaway horse.

2. Accomplished by running away or elopement, or during flight; as, a runaway marriage.

Run*ca"tion (?), n. [L. runcatio, fr. runcare to weed out.] A weeding. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Runch (?), n. (Bot.) The wild radish. Dr. Prior.

Run"ci*nate (?), a. [L. runcinatus, p. p. of runcinare to plane off, fr. runcina a plane.] (Bot.) Pinnately cut with the lobes pointing downwards, as the leaf of the dandelion.

Run"del (?), n. [Cf. Rindle.] A moat with water in it; also, a small stream; a runlet. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Run"del, n. [Cf. Rundle.] A circle. [Prov. Eng.]

Run"dle (?), n. [E. round. Cf. Rondle.] 1. A round; a step of a ladder; a rung. Duppa.

2. A ball. [Obs.] Holland.

3. Something which rotates about an axis, as a wheel, or the drum of a capstan. "An axis or cylinder having a rundle about it." Bp. Wilkins.

4. (Mach.) One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.

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 14½ gallons. [Written also runlet.]

Rune (rn), n. [AS. rn a rune, a secret, a mystery; akin to Icel. rn, OHG. & Goth. rna a secret, secret colloquy, G. & Dan. rune rune, and probably to Gr. 'ereyna^n to search for. Cf. Roun to whisper.] 1. A letter, or character, belonging to the written language of the ancient Norsemen, or Scandinavians; in a wider sense, applied to the letters of the ancient nations of Northern Europe in general.