runround
(US, pathology, informal, dated) A felon or whitlow.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(US, pathology, informal, dated) A felon or whitlow.
This time it was my "runround;" and before she took off her bonnet, she had brought me a cup of ashes and water, and put my finger in soak.
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#2·Apr 27, 2026
(mining) A track arrangement (usually a loop) that allows mine cars to be redirected without reversing.
Runround is always the result of an injury which may be very trivial.
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#3·Apr 27, 2026
(rail transport) A route that loops around local rail yards for the transfer of goods (and sometimes used to turn cars around).
The ulcerative form resembles ingrowing nail, but in the syyphilitic disease the matrix is usually involved first, and not secondarily, as in ordinary ingrowing nail, or in common runround.
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