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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 853 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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RUNG , a See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round See also:

bar or stick used as a See also:

CROSS

cross-bar or See also:

RAIL

rail in a See also:

CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair, and particularly as one of the steps or rounds of a See also:

LADDER, (0. Eng. hlaeder; of Teutonic origin, cf. Dutch leer, Ger. Leiter; the ultimate origin is in the root seen in " lean," Or. KNiµat)

ladder. In Scottish the word retains the See also:

ORIGINAL

original meaning of a See also:

STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff or stick, especially a short thick cudgel. The O.E. hrung is used only of a bar or rail in a See also:

WAGON, or WAGGON

wagon; the word also occurs in O.Du. See also:

ROUGE (" red," from Lat. rubeus)

rouge, See also:

beam of a plough, Ger. Runge, See also:

PIN (a doublet with " pen " from Lat. pinna, feather, pinnacle, which is said to contain the same root as irirvs, pine tree, and properly to mean a sharp point or end)

pin, See also:

BOLT

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