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† rounge, v. Obs.
Also 6 Sc. runge, ronge, rownge.
[ad. OF. roungier, rungier, rongier (mod.F. ronger): of obscure formation.]
1. intr. To roar, cry out.
a1375Joseph Arim. 361 He roungede an heiȝ, and rorede so harde, his eiȝen flowen out of his hed.
2. intr. and trans. To gnaw; to champ.
1390Gower Conf. I. 177 For evere on hem I rounge and gknawe And hindre hem al that evere I mai. c1400Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton) i. xx. (1859) 20 Lyke a worm I am woned to bvte and to rounge them that wronge theym selue. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode i. lv. (1869) 33 It wolde neuer stinte to rounge [printed raunge] so michel til it hadde slayn his mayster. Ibid. ii. cxxxvi. 129 As the wolf that hath strangled the shepe..and hath rounged his chekes. 1513Douglas æneis iii. iv. 93 With ȝour chaftis to gnaw ȝe sall be fane, And runge ȝour tabillis all and burdis. Ibid. iv. iv. 11 Hir fers steid stude stamping,..Rungeand the fomy goldin bitt.
b. intr. To chew the cud.
c1410Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) xxxiv, For euermore she [the hare] fumeth and croteth and roungeth and bereth talowe and grece. 1486Bk. St. Albans e iij b, All [beasts] that bere skyne and talow and Rounge..shall be flayne safe the hare.
3. trans. To clip (coin). Sc.
1540Sc. Acts Jas. V (1814) II. 373 Þat na maner of man tak vpoun hand for to Ronge the croun of wecht. 1619in C. Innes Sk. E. Scot. Hist. App. (1861) 522 Thair wes tuo of the xx mark peceis rounged and far les then the thrid wes.
Hence † rounged ppl. a. Obs.
a1572Knox Hist. Ref. Wks. 1846 I. 404 Thair clyppit and rowngeit Soussis.. ar commandit to have course in this realme. 1622W. Scot Course Conformitie x. 43 To attaine thirteen rounged and dilapidate Bishoprickes. |