runlet

Trying first the casks, which she believed to be filled with oil, she found them full of seawater, save that there was in each maybe a runlet of oil at the top near the bunghole.

From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by John Payne

He found the spot where Jim had left his punt; there was a little runlet of water down the bank that fixed it, and he stepped off the distance to the level sand above.

From Partners of the Out-Trail by Harold Bindloss

The canary, which hung by the door in a cage, sent out a hard bright runlet of song.

From Love of Brothers by Katharine Tynan

Hamza's shadowy figure crossed a little bridge of palm-wood that spanned the runlet of water, turned and came over the waste ground noiselessly into the camp.

From Bella Donna A Novel by Robert Smythe Hichens

Ay, man, and a fat goose ten pound weight, and some wild fowl beside, and a whole runlet of beer and a pottle of Hollands.

From Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims by Jane G. (Jane Goodwin) Austin