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Definition of Rounces
1. rounce [n] - See also: rounce
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rounces
Literary usage of Rounces
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of an East Anglian Soke: Studies in Original Documents by Christobel Mary Hoare Hood (1918)
"... then and after 2 mills and now 4 "; then there were 2 rounces and 1r wild
mares, and now there are but 7 mares and no ..."
2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1896)
"To my cousin rounces wife of Norwich my book of Mr Calvin upon the 119th Psalm.
To Christian Shearman my grandchild my book of Mr. Calvin upon Job. ..."
3. Child Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle (1899)
"The terms used were the same as those heard to-day in school yards: taws, vent,
back-licks, rounces, dubs, alleys, and alley-taws, agates, bull's- eyes, ..."
4. Staniford's Practical Arithmetic ...: Adapted Principally to Federal by Daniel Staniford (1820)
"12 335=rounces. 2687=drams. 3 8062=scruples. 20 15. Reduce 34 Ib. 10 g to drams.
Ans. 3344 drs. 161258=grains. Ans. 161268 gre. 5. LONG MEASURE. 16. ..."
5. A Visit to Colombia: In the Years 1822 & 1823, by Laguayra and Caracas, Over by William Duane (1826)
"Both cylinders had rounces or handles, like that of a grindstone or domestic
coffee-mill, one at each side, ..."
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