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▪ I. rounce, n.1 Typog.|raʊns|
[ad. Du. ronds(e, ronse in the same sense: it is not quite certain whether this is a derivative of rond round.]
1. The handle of the winch by which the spit and wheel are turned so as to run the carriage of a hand-press in and out.
1683Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing vi. 68 On the straight Shank of this Winch is fitted the Rounce. Ibid. xxi. 323 Having Pull'd the first Pull, and having the Rounce still in his Left Hand, He turns the Rounce about again. 1728Chambers Cycl. s.v. Printing, To the outside of the Spit is fix'd a Handle, or Rounce, by which the Press-man turns the Plank in or out at pleasure. 1795Trans. Soc. Arts XIII. 248 By a gentle motion of the rounce.., fixed on the end of the spit. 1808C. Stower Printer's Gram. 323 On the square pin is fitted a winch, on which is placed the rounce, five inches long. 1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 294 The carriage is moved by the rounce or handle K, with a spit and leather girts very similar to the wooden press. 1888Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 115 Rounce, the handle by means of which the press carriage is run in and out.
2. The spit and wheel (or girth-barrel) of a printing-press.
1683Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing xxiv. ⁋3 In winding the Girts off or on the Barrel of the Rounce. 1808C. Stower Printer's Gram. 343 The girths should be nailed on the barrel of the rounce. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Rounce, a wooden cylinder, to which is attached a belt and handle, for rolling in and out the bed or coffin of a printing-press. 1892Oldfield Man. Typog. xxi, The rounce should now be fixed and followed by the table, to which the girths of the rounce must be attached.
b. attrib., as rounce-barrel, rounce-handle, rounce-spindle.
1683Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing xxiv. ⁋3 The Carriage-board, Frame of the Coffin, and the Rounce-barrel. Ibid. ⁋6 Both ends of the Rounce-Spindle. 1896T. L. De Vinne Moxon 411 With a rounce handle on the end of this spindle.
▪ II. rounce, n.2 U.S.|raʊns|
[Perh. ad. G. ramsch a variety of Skat.]
A card-game in which the winning is determined by subtracting from an initial score. Also, a similar domino game. Hence rounce v.2 (see quots. 1864, 1868).
1855in Calif. Hist. Soc. Q. (1929) VIII. 352 Had a great rounce game, a little noise but no fun. 1857Hoyle's Games 99 The Game of Rounce is played by each player taking five pieces, (after having turned for the trump, the highest piece turned deciding that point); the trump is then turned up for the trump-holder by his right hand adversary, the highest end being trump. 1864W. B. Dick Amer. Hoyle 397 Rounce. This is a pleasant game [of dominoes], and from two to four may participate in it. Ibid., The player who fails to take a trick with his hand is ‘Rounced’, i.e., sent up five points. 1868― Mod. Pocket Hoyle 196 The game of Rounce, as played in the United States, is derived from the German game of Ramsch, and in its principal features resembles Division Loo. Ibid. 197 Each trick taken in play counts one point, and if a player fail to take a trick after entering to play his hand, he is Rounced, that is, sent up five points, which adds a X to his score. 1890in Cent. Dict. 1897R. F. Foster Compl. Hoyle 281. 1975 Way to Play 66/1 Forty-two, or domino rounce, is an adaptation of a card game for play with dominoes. The object is to score points by winning tricks.
▪ III. rounce, v.1
see rouncing ppl. a.
▪ IV. rounce, v.2
see rounce n.2
▪ V. rounce
obs. form of rouncy. |