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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Rung

Rūng, imp. & p. p.

past tensepast participle

imp. & p. p. of ring. See RING.

Rūng, n.

noun

n. [Ger. runge, a short, thick piece of iron or wood, O. D. ronghe, romme, a prop, support, Icel. raung, side of a ship, O. Sw. rang, id., Prov. Ger. rang, range, rangen, a wooden nail in a ship, Gael. rong, Ir. rongd, rongais, a joining spar, Goth. hrugga, a rod.]

  1. (Naut.) A floor timber in a ship.
  2. One of the rounds of a ladder.
  3. One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.