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suggestion 2009-05-08
« on: May 09, 2009, 10:46:52 AM »
How about 'rondle'?

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/rondle
1.   A rondeau.
2.   (Metal.) A round mass, plate, or disk; especially (Metal.), the crust or scale which forms upon the surface of molten metal in the crucible.

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Re: suggestion 2009-05-08
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2009, 03:24:15 PM »
This suggestion has come up before, TRex. See this thread from last year. My response, which still stands, was:

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This word seems to be quite obscure, AQ. I can see definitions similar to these on many websites, but they all seem to come from the one source - the 1913 Webster's. But I can't see any examples of the word actually being used, in either of these senses. I'm afraid I'm not satisfied rondle should be allowed.

(As regards the first meaning, we do allow rondeau, rondel, roundel and rondo, not to mention rondelet and rondino, all of which are, I believe, related poetic and/or musical forms.)
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