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roundelay


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Roundelay  \Round"e*lay\,  n.  [OF.  rondelet,  dim.  of  rondel.  See 
  {Roundel},  {Roundeau},  and  cf  {Roundlet},  {Rundlet}.] 
  1.  (Poetry)  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  roundelay 
  n  :  a  song  in  which  a  line  or  phrase  is  repeated  as  the  refrain 




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