runt : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: runt	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for runt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
runt n disparaging terms for small people [syn: runt, shrimp, peewee, half-pint]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Runt \Runt\, n. [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. {Rother}, a.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any animal which is unusually small, as compared with others of its kind; -- applied particularly to domestic animals. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A variety of domestic pigeon, related to the barb and carrier. 3. 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. 4. 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.