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The air pressure supported by each longitudinal foot segment of a wing.

In a running manner.

See Ronion.

The science of runes. -- Ru*nol"o*gist, n.

A felon or whitlow. [Colloq. U.S.]

a mean, despicable, boorish person; -- used opprobriously. Before I buy a bargain of such runts, I'll buy a college for bears, and live among 'em. Beau. & Fl.

Like a runt; diminutive; mean.

The channel of a stream.

To weed out. [Obs.] Bailey.

A weeding machine.

The segment of the body of an insect to which the wings are attached; the thorax. Kirby.

Pertaining to an Earl of Arundel; as, Arundel or Arundelian marbles, marbles from ancient Greece, bought by the Earl of Arundel in 1624.

Producing reeds or canes.

Of or pertaining to a reed; resembling the reed or cane.

Abounding with reeds; reedy.

A philosophic movement of the 18th century characterized by a lively questioning of authority, keen interest in matters of politics and general culture, and an emphasis on empirical method in science. It received its impetus from the unsystematic but vigorous skepticism of Pierre Bayle, the physical doctrines of Newton…

To avert; to ward off. [Obs.] Hudibras.

The act of averting. [Obs.]

An instrument for pruning trees, consisting of two blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on the end of a long rod.

The crevasse or series of crevasses, usually deep and often broad, frequently occurring near the head of a mountain glacier, about where the névé field joins the valley portion of the glacier.