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- not comparableOn 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, →ISBN1 more example
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 - not comparableAll around.
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, →ISBN2 more examples
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 maleOn 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
plural roundsides
- A curved or rounded side.
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 3123 more examples
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 InlaysWipe 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 236This (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
present singular third person roundsides · participle present roundsiding · participle past roundsided · past roundsided
- To stay close to home or base, avoiding fieldwork.
Except for the men on day herd with Old Tex, there was nothing for the rest of us to do but roundside at camp.
1997, Walt Coburn, Stirrup High, →ISBN, page 1663 more examples
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 62Banning 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 35Warming 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
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