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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RUN'NEL, n. [from run.] A rivulet or small brook. [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a small stream [syn: rivulet, rill, run, runnel, streamlet]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: alteration of Middle English rinel, from Old English rynel; akin to Old English rinnan to run — more at run Date: before 12th century rivulet, streamlet

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a brook or rill. 2 a gutter. Etymology: later form (assim. to RUN) of rinel f. OE rynel (as RUN)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Runnel Run"nel, n. [From Run. Cf. Rindle.] A rivulet or small brook. Bubbling runnels joined the sound. --Collins. By the very sides of the way . . . there are slow runnels, in which one can see the minnows swimming. --Masson.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. (Rare.) Run, rivulet.

Moby Thesaurus

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