runnagen.

1742 J. Gee Impartial Enq. Woollen Manf. Great-Brit. 49 If the clandestine Runnage of our Wool be prevented..we may fix our Goods at what Rate we please.

1747 J. Smith Chronicon Rusticum-commerciale II. clxxvii. 516 The Difference between the thus forced and artificial Price for British and Irish Wool in England, and their natural Worth, at the common Markets for the Wools of the whole World besides, is the principal, if not the sole Cause of the Runnage.

1856 Farmer's Mag. Jan. 42/1 The restrictions and penalties heaped upon the runnage of wool by the Government, proved a dead letter.

1864 Standard 15 Jan. 2/4 During the late frost the water in the Ettrick and Yarrow had gradually lessened, until the runnage became insufficient to admit of the large numbers of spawning fish leaving the pools.

1888 Trans. Edinb. Geol. Soc. 5 273 Slight runnage from the hills above from summer melting.

1938 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 9 Sept. 23/6 The rains have caused the greatest sustained runnage through the plant since it was established.

1921 Times 22 June (Belfast Suppl.) p. vii/4 (advt.) The famous ‘Blue Bell’ binder twine for harvesting purposes. Runnage, 500 feet per lb.

1960 G. Lewis Handbk. Crafts 117 To estimate the quantity of string needed for a warp, multiply the length of the warp by the number of threads needed to make up the width and divide the result by the ‘runnage’.

1980 H. S. Noel & M. Ben-Yami Pair Trawling with Small Boats 55/2 This twine is (PA) R 550 tex, which means nylon with a runnage of 1 820 m to the kilogram or 890 yd/lb.

2005 P. M. Mathai in R. R. Franck Bast & Other Plant Fibres vii. 284 If one kilogramme weight of a particular yarn measures 240 metres, the runnage of that yarn is expressed as 240 m/kg.