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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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RUNDGE, v. To gnaw, champ, devour greedily, swallow up. Arch. see also Runch, v.¹Sc. 1724 Ramsay Ever Green I. 219:
By rundging and spunging The leil laborious Pure.Sc. 1913 H. P. Cameron Imit. Christ I. xx.:
Sae a' carnal pleesure begins queemlie, bot i' the en' it rundges an' wracks.