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▪ I. rond, n.1 Now dial.|rɒnd|
[var. of rand n.1]
†1. = rand n.1 2. Obs.
1393Langl. P. Pl. C. x. 148 When he ys rysen [he] romeþ out, and ryght wel aspieþ Whar he may raþest haue a repast oþer a ronde of bacon. 1466Mann. & Househ. Exp. (Roxb.) 435 In ij. rondes of beffe, vj. d. 1572J. Jones Buckstones Bathes Benefyte 9 b, Some in forme of Cakes, as at weddings: some Rondes of Hogs, as at vpsittings. 1623Althorp MS. in Simpkinson Washingtons (1869) App. 46 For a sirloin, a rumpe, a buttocke, 2 necks, and a rond of beef.
2. In East Anglia, a marshy, reed-covered strip of land lying between the natural river-bank and the artificial embankment. Cf. rand n.1 1.
1865[see reed n.1 14]. 1878Miller & Skertchly Fenland i. 8 In most parts of our country the rivers have their sloping shores and ronds. 1887Rye Norfolk Broads 94 You will be run on to the rond so firmly.., that you will be unable to get off till the tide rises.
attrib.1882C. Davies Norf. Broads & Rivers xv. (1884) 110 The rond islands go floating up and down until they find a haven in some dyke or bay.
▪ II. † rond, n.2 Obs. rare.
[Of obscure origin.]
A (dry) stick or rod.
a1225Ancr. R. 148 Þe grene bowes beoð al uordruwede, & forwurðen to druie hwite rondes. Ibid. 150 Hwonne þe rinde is aweie,..adruieð þe bowes, & iwurðet hwite rondes, to none þinge betere þen to fures fode.
▪ III. † rond, v. Obs. rare.
[? f. OE. rǫnd rond n., rand n.1]
trans. To cut or tear into strips. (Also with to-.)
a1225St. Marher. 6 Wið sweord scharpe ant wið eawles of irne hire leofliche lich rondin ant rendin. a1225Leg. Kath. 1974 Her..wes þis meiden iset, for to al torenden & reowðfulliche torondin.
▪ IV. rond
obs. form of round. |