'Runlet' definitions:

Definition of 'Runlet'

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  • Runlet \Run"let\, n. [Run + -let.] A little run or stream; a streamlet; a brook. [1913 Webster]
  • To trace out to its marshy source every runlet that has cast in its tiny pitcherful with the rest. --Lowell. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Runlet'

From: GCIDE
  • Runlet \Run"let\, n. Same as Rundlet. "A stoup of sack, or a runlet of canary." --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'runlet'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]