An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 701

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 701

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 ship.


_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.


_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.