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Webster 1913 Edition

Roundelay

Round′e-lay

,

Noun.

[OF.

rondelet

, dim. of

rondel

. See

,

, and cf.

,

.]

1.

(Poetry)

See

, and

.

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.