runlet
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of runlet
C14: from Old French rondelet roundlet
Example Sentences
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Suppose," said Violet, looking off across the runlet sparkling, gurgling like an infant across the bar, "it was him you saw when you looked in there, instead of the others.
From Trail's End by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)
Hamza's shadowy figure crossed a little bridge of palm-wood that spanned the runlet of water, turned and came over the waste ground noiselessly into the camp.
From Bella Donna A Novel by Hichens, Robert Smythe
Ay, man, and a fat goose ten pound weight, and some wild fowl beside, and a whole runlet of beer and a pottle of Hollands.
From Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims by Austin, Jane G. (Jane Goodwin)
The canary, which hung by the door in a cage, sent out a hard bright runlet of song.
From Love of Brothers by Tynan, Katharine
During a walk across the summer fields my foot has sometimes paused at the brink of a silvery runlet, and I have followed it backward in search of the spring.
From Aftermath by Allen, James Lane
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