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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Ro(u)nge, Runge, v. [ME and e.m.E. rounge (a1375), OF rungier, rongier, ronger (c1175, c1193 and early 14th c. in Larousse), L. rūmigāre to chew over again, ruminate.] tr. a. Of a person: To gnaw. b. Of a horse: To champ. c. To mutilate (a coin) by paring or clipping.a. 1513 Doug. iii iv 93.
That with ȝour chaftis to gnaw ȝe salbe fane, And runge [Ruddim. rounge] ȝour tabillis al and burdisb. 1513 Doug. iv iv 11.
Hyr fers steyd stude stampyng, reddy ellys, Rungeand the fomy goldyn byt gynglyng Ib. vii iv 196.
Thai [sc. horses] runge the goldin mollettis burnyst bright [L. fulvum mandunt sub dentibus aurum]c. 1540 Acts II 373/2.
That na maner of man tak vpoun hand for to ronge the croun of wecht 1619 Black Bk. Taymouth 443.
Thair wes tuo of the xx mark peceis rounged and far les then the thrid wes 1613–25 Cochran-Patrick Coinage I 289.
Seeing the decry of the money in forrayne countreis … makes our owne gold formerlie transported to be rounged and sett bak againe [etc.] 1650 Kirkcaldy Presb. 359.
Replyed that … Moncrief had rounged his coyne and mixed his mettell