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round-nosed, a.
[round a. 16.]
Having a round nose. Chiefly of tools (cf. round-nose, s.v. round a. 17).
1611Cotgr. s.v. Teste, A kind of blunt, and round-nosed Porpose. 1677Moxon Mech. Exerc. i. 5 Plyers are of two Sorts, Flat Nos'd, and Round Nos'd. 1766Compl. Farmer s.v. Surveying 7 G 1/2 Good iron-wire and curtain-rings to make it of, and a sharp-edged file, and round-nosed plyers to make it with. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. 1742/2 Pliers with peculiarly shaped or proportioned jaws are called long-nosed pliers, round-nosed pliers,..etc. 1898Archaeol. Jrnl. V. 270 Among the relics were a few stone hammers or polishers, a number of ‘round-nosed’ chisels of bone. |