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runnel

[ ruhn-l ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

runnel

/ ˈrʌnəl /

Origin of runnel¹

First recorded in 1570–80; run (in the sense “small stream”) + -el diminutive suffix

Origin of runnel¹

C16: from Old English rynele ; related to run

Clear water trickled through a wooden runnel into a great stone trough outside near the door.

Thus it is possible that a runnel of the blood of "le grand monarque" tripped through Burton's veins.

It took me the whole day to reach the patch,—which I found indeed a forest—but not a rudiment of brook or runnel had I crossed!

Peebles had disappeared; Dake lay in his rags on the ground; Runnel rocked slowly, like a pendulum, in his ceaseless pain.

And I stood on the curb watching the iridescent ooze of the sewage in a runnel of the street seep along like a sick snake.

April 20, 2024flabbergast

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