roundside

roundside adverb: on the curved side.

Adverb

roundside (not comparable)

On the curved side.
- For example, K values for cylinders settling roundside decrease as the length of the cylinder increases for a fixed cross-sectional area.1984, John K. Beddow, Particle Characterization in Technology: Morphological analysis, →ISBN
- Backside, Frontside, Downside Up. I'll show you a plate, you show me a cup. I'll show you a window, you show me a door I'll show you a two, you show me a four. Roundside, Squareside, In Between. I'll show you a red, you show me a green.1987, Barbara A. Schmidt, Maurice Poe, Willie MacGurkle and Friends Primary, →ISBN, page 70
All around.
- He said, 'Then you can do anything you want to me upside, downside, roundside. But remember I can't promise that I'll stay.'1970, Changing homosexuality in the male
- On the outside, stayin ' out On the inside, upside, downside roundside, lineside, squareside, noside She's gonna have it as many wayz as possible.1997, Elaine Barkin, E: an anthology : music texts & graphics (1975-1995), page 155

roundside (plural roundsides)

A curved or rounded side.
- Test the machine out as follows : Place a piece of rubber dam into the small base of the machine, and seat the flask roundside up into this base;1918, Herman E. S. Chayes, Technic and Scope of Cast Gold and Porcelain Inlays
- Plant the tubers roundside down; the buds on the concave side should be & inch below the soil surface.1969, Stanley Schuler, Gardening in the East, page 312

roundside (third-person singular simple present roundsides, present participle roundsiding, simple past and past participle roundsided)

To stay close to home or base, avoiding fieldwork.
- Wintertime a telegraph man had to roundside and overhaul equipment, unless the country happened to be the kind where the deep snows held off and let a post-hole digger get at his doings.1953, Norman A. Fox, Long Lightning, page 62
- Banning turned to face Priggee. “Howdy, Paul. That's right. Figgered to roundside with Tom for a spell and then drop in on you.”1954, Walker A. Tompkins, One Against a Bullet Horde, page 35

I smelt about so I know their camp roundside about and can get about in the dark, quiet like a fox.2012, S. D. Crockett, After the Snow, →ISBN:
Wipe the bolete caps clean with damp paper towels and place them in the roasting pan, one next to the other, roundside down.1996, Thomas Laessøe, Gary Lincoff, Anna Del Conte, The Mushroom Book, page 236:
This (right) clock has a "double roundside" case, whereas the clock to be discussed here (left) has flat sides with broad oval mouldings, like columns, on the front — not a true "roundside."1999, NAWCC Bulletin - Volume 41, Pages 1-576, page 372:
Warming up to her might have meant a winter's job for both of us, or at least a place to roundside for a few days with three squares set out on the table.1991, Norman A. Fox -, The Rawhide Years, →ISBN, page 112:

Noun
plural	roundsides
Verb
third-person singular present	roundsides
present participle	roundsiding
past participle	roundsided
past	roundsided

From round + side.

What does roundside mean?: Roundside means on the curved side.
How do you use roundside in a sentence?: I smelt about so I know their camp roundside about and can get about in the dark, quiet like a fox.
What part of speech is roundside?: Roundside can be an adverb, a noun or a verb.

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