ronde

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Domingo immediately lighted a torch of bois de ronde, and he and Paul bent their way towards my dwelling It was about ten o'clock at night, and I was just going to extinguish my lamp, and retire to rest, when I perceived, through the palisades round my cottage, a light in the woods.

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  1. In printing, an angular form of script or writing-type, of which the following is an example:

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  • Every now and then there would be a ronde or a farandole,—the farandole forcing its way through the crowd, every one carrying a lantern and looking like a brilliant snake winding in and out. —  My First Years As A Frenchwoman, 1876-1879
  • Produced by Baby Moov, this sculpted foam headrest is designed by a pediatrician to safely produce "une tête bien ronde!" literally, a well-rounded head. —  Daddy Types
  • Concurrence: La Commissaire Neelie Kroes anime une Table-ronde de consommateurs et d'industriels sur les opportunités ... —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • Table-ronde W. G. Sebald / Traduire …. a recent radio program about W.G. Sebald is currently available as a podcast on the —  Vertigo: Collecting & Reading W.G. Sebald
  • Puis il se met à prescher, son subiect est communément de la vaine gloire.... Il finit son sermon, & continue ses autres ceremonies leuant vne certaine Hostie laquelle est noire & ronde, auec sa figure imprimée au dessus: & disant ces paroles, Cecy est mon corps_, il leue l'Hostie sur ses cornes: & à cette esleuatiõ tous ceux de l'assemblee l'adorẽt en disant ces mots, Aquerra Goity, Aquerra Beyty, Aquerra Goity, Aquerra Beyty_, qui veut dire, Cabron arriba Cabron abaro_, de mesme en font ils au Calice repetant ces mots iusqu'à ce qu'il a vuidé tout ce qui est dans iceluy. —  The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology
 

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  1. from French ronde, round-hand writing: see round.
 

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