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rounce

rounce noun: the handle by which the bed of a hand press, holding the form of type, etc., is run in under the platen and out again. Also the alternative form of rams.

Noun

rounce (plural rounces)

  1. The handle by which the bed of a hand press, holding the form of type, etc., is run in under the platen and out again.
  2. The whole apparatus by which the form is moved under the platen.

Verb

rounce (third-person singular simple present rounces, present participle rouncing, simple past and past participle rounced)

  1. (historical) To restore (damaged coffee) by stirring it in a tub with boiling water and then drying it.

Also used as

rounce is also the alternative form of rams.

Forms of rounce

Noun
pluralrounces
Verb
third-person singular presentrounces
present participlerouncing
past participlerounced
pastrounced

Origin of rounce

Compare French ronce (“bramble, brier, thorn”), ranche (“a round, step, rack”), or English round.

Questions about rounce

What does rounce mean?
Rounce means the handle by which the bed of a hand press, holding the form of type, etc., is run in under the platen and out again.
What part of speech is rounce?
Rounce can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of rounce?
The plural of rounce is rounces.

Words near rounce in the dictionary

  1. Roumeliote
  2. Roumeliotes
  3. Roumeliots
  4. roun
  5. roun'
  6. rounce
  7. rounce robble hobble
  8. rounced
  9. rounces
  10. rounceval
  11. rouncevals

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