1. (Poetry)
Defn: See Rondeau, and Rondel.
2. (Mus.) (a) A tune in which a simple strain is often repeated; a simple rural strain which is short and lively. Spenser. Tennyson. (b) A dance in a circle.
3. Anything having a round form; a roundel.
ROUNDER
Round"er, n.
1. One who rounds; one who comes about frequently or regularly.
2. A tool for making an edge or surface round.
3. pl.
Defn: An English game somewhat resembling baseball; also, another
English game resembling the game of fives, but played with a
football.
Now we play rounders, and then we played prisoner's base. Bagehot.
ROUNDFISH Round"fish, n. (Zoöl.) (a) Any ordinary market fish, exclusive of flounders, sole, halibut, and other flatfishes. (b) A lake whitefish (Coregonus quadrilateralis), less compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British America and Alaska.