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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Written also

rant

[Scot.

runt

an old cow, an old, withered woman, a hardened stem or stalk, the trunk of a tree; cf. D.

rund

a bullock, an ox or cow, G.

rind

. Cf.

Adj.

]

(Zool.)

Any animal which is unusually small, as compared with others of its kind; – applied particularly to domestic animals.

(Zool.)

A variety of domestic pigeon, related to the barb and carrier.

A dwarf; also, 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.

The dead stump of a tree; also, the stem of a plant.

[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

Neither young poles nor old

runts

are durable.

Holland.

Noun.

[See Runnet.]

Any animal small below the natural or usual size of the species.

Of tame pigeons, are croppers, carriers and runts.