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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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