Meaning of Runlet | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A small brook or stream.
2. A wine measure, equivalent to 18 gallons.
   archaic

Equivalents

Examples

“The biographer, especially of a literary man, need⟳ only mark⟳ the main currents of tendency, without being officious to trace out to its marshy source every runlet that has cast⟳ in its tiny pitcherful with the rest⟳.”

“She followed the dry runlet to where a jutting shoulder formed a nook matted with briars.”

“[…]our cellarer shall have⟳ orders to deliver⟳ to thee a butt of sack, a runlet of Malvesie, and three hogsheads of ale of the first strike⟳, yearly—If that will not quench thy thirst, thou must come⟳ to court, and become⟳ acquainted with my butler.”

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