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Rin

//ɹɪn// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A coin worth ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of a Japanese yen, no longer in circulation.
Verb
  1. 1
    To run. ambitransitive, dialectal

    ""Besides," he continued, "I'm no sure that I'm right in rinning—rinning! I'm no rinning , I'm ganging; weel then I'm no sure that I'm right doing a witch's errand, whether rinning or ganging, sae I'se stand still and consider it.[…].""

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English rinnen, from Old English rinnan (“to run”), from Proto-Germanic *rinnaną (“to run”). More at run.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 厘(りん) (rin).

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