Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a full blunt snout, as a female salmon before spawning; not hook-billed.
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Examples
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With a round-nosed pliers, cutter pliers, flux, a small head hammer, and a small anvil, anything in the catalogue can be made.
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With a round-nosed pliers, cutter pliers, flux, a small head hammer, and a small anvil, anything in the catalogue can be made.
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“Generally beginners want a longboard,” Annika replied gently, steering the girls toward a row of long, round-nosed boards.
Beacon Street Girls: Ready! Set! Hawaii! Annie Bryant 2009
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Yet to see him, one would have no idea of his adventurous spirit: he was neither tall nor short but decidedly round; he was chubby-cheeked, curly-haired, and round-nosed, with bulging eyes and an oversized head.
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“Generally beginners want a longboard,” Annika replied gently, steering the girls toward a row of long, round-nosed boards.
Beacon Street Girls: Ready! Set! Hawaii! Annie Bryant 2009
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“Generally beginners want a longboard,” Annika replied gently, steering the girls toward a row of long, round-nosed boards.
Beacon Street Girls: Ready! Set! Hawaii! Annie Bryant 2009
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“Generally beginners want a longboard,” Annika replied gently, steering the girls toward a row of long, round-nosed boards.
Beacon Street Girls: Ready! Set! Hawaii! Annie Bryant 2009
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From the shadows behind the lantern bearers emerged a figure holding a large bow nocked with a white, round-nosed arrow.
The Veiled Dragon Denning, Troy 1996
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The bullet was short for its caliber, made of steel, and round-nosed—not a very accurate projectile for use in an unrifled firearm, because it would have a tendency to tumble in flight at any range beyond a few dozen meters.
The Abode of Life Lee Correy 1990
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The bullet was short for its caliber, made of steel, and round-nosed—not a very accurate projectile for use in an unrifled firearm, because it would have a tendency to tumble in flight at any range beyond a few dozen meters.
The Abode of Life Lee Correy 1990
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