rounce

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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.

OriginFrench ronce →
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Meanings

rounce1

nounrounce (plural rounces)

plural rounces

  1. mediaThe 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. mediaThe whole apparatus by which the form is moved under the platen.
verbrounce (third-person singular simple present rounces, present participle rouncing, simple past and past participle rounced)

present singular third person rounces · participle present rouncing · participle past rounced · past rounced

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

rounce2

nounrounce (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of rams (“card game”).

Origin

  1. Frenchronce“bramble, brier, thorn”
  2. Englishrounce

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

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APA

rounce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rounce

MLA

“rounce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rounce. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rounce,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rounce.

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