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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1512, 1639-1682
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(Roundit,) Rowndit, ppl. adj. Also: rounded; roonded. [Late ME rounded (Lydgate); Round v.] a. Of a person's head: Cropped; tonsured. b. Made round or curved. —a. c1500-c1512 Dunb. (O.U.P.) 98/19.
Off ane wod fuill far owt off ressoun He wantis nocht bot a rowndit heid —b. 1639 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) II 392.
For xi draught roonded dailes 1682 Edinb. City Archives Moses Bundle 254 No. 7741.
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