"runlet" meaning in English

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          "text": "She followed the dry runlet to where a jutting shoulder formed a nook matted with briars.",
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        "A small brook or stream."
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          "text": "[…]our cellarer shall have orders to deliver to thee a butt of sack, a runlet of Malvesie, and three hogsheads of ale of the first strike, yearly—If that will not quench thy thirst, thou must come to court, and become acquainted with my butler.",
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        "(archaic) A wine measure, equivalent to 18 gallons."
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