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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1500, 1581-1671
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Runkillit, Runklet, -id, ppl. adj. Also: runclit, ronklit. Also erroneous or irregular form: rankled. [ME and late ME ronkled (14th c.), rouncled (c1430), f. Runkil(l,n.] Wrinkled, creased, furrowed. — a1500 Henr. Fab. 2820.
The mous beheld vnto hir [sc. the frog's] fronsit face, Hir runkillit [Bann. runclit] cheikis [etc.] c1590 J. Stewart 95/556.
Tham ranging thus vith ronklit front vpbend 1581-1623 James VI Poems I 161/454.
His runklid skinn 1596 Dalr. I 287/11.
His hyd al contracted and runklet 1671 M. P. Brown Suppl. Decis. II 704.
When first shown it was most white and tight, the next time it was all sullied, rankled, and torn
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