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Rummlin_Brig, Rummlinbrig,
Rummlin Brig [ˈrʌmlɪn brɪg]
pn. Rumbling Bridge (Perth and Kinross).
droop-rumpelt, droop-rumpl$t, droop-rumpled, droop-rumplet, droup-rumpl$t, droup-rumpled, droup-rumplet, rump, rumple,
rump [rʌmp]
n. The rump. A topside beef cut.
dim. rumple The rump, tail, haunches, buttocks, seat.
v. To plunder, clean out of money.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
droop-rumpelt: Having drooping haunches.
rums, rumse, rumsel, rumsle,
rumse [I. rʌms]
n. A stirring, a sudden movement when awakening from sleep.
v. To move uneasily. To stir, to toss about during sleep. To rummage, search untidily, make a disturbance. To move about in a disorderly annoying manner.
 
rumsle
v. To rummage.
runch, runchick, runchie, runcho, runchock, runsh, runshick, runshie,
runch [rʌnʃ]
n. The wild radish Raphanus raphanistrum or S. the garlic mustard Alliaria petiolata.
dim. runchock, runchie, I.Ork. runcho [′rʌnʃo]
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
roch runch: S. The wild radish Raphanus raphanistrum.
yellae runch: S. The charlock or wild mustard Sinapis arvensis.
runch, runge,
runch [rʌnʃ]
n. A crunching or grinding.
v. To crunch, grind the teeth.
runchie, runcy, runsheoch, runshie,
runchie [ˈrʌnʃi]
n. A coarsely-built or -behaved person.
adj. Raw-boned, rank in growth.
rong, rung,
rung [rʌŋ]
n. A wooden spar or rail used mainly as a crossbar or spoke. A strong stick, a cudgel. A blow with a stick.
dim. rungie An ugly, big-boned person or animal. A thin scraggy animal. col. A policeman (because of the truncheon).
v. To make or fit with spars or rungs. To beat with a stick, to cudgel.
 
rungy
adj. Lanky.
ronk, runk,
runk [I.Sh. rʌŋk]
n. A clearing-up. A lull after a storm,
v. To cease, leave off, stop short. Of weather: to clear up, become drier.
runk, runkit,
runk [rʌŋk, NN.b. rʌuŋk]
n. A twisted, useless branch of a tree. The stalk of a cabbage. A worn out animal or person. MN. A term of contempt applied to a bad-tempered ill-conditioned woman. I.Sh. A big person or animal.
v. To deprive someone of all their money or possessions. To bankrupt. To clean out.
pt. pp. runkit
runkar, runker,
runker [MN. NN.b. ˈrʌŋkər]
n. The lumpsucker Cyclopterus lumpus.

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