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单词 round-nose
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round-noseadj.n.

Brit. /ˈraʊn(d)ˌnəʊz/, U.S. /ˈraʊn(d)ˌnoʊz/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: round adj., nose n.
Etymology: < round adj. + nose n. Compare earlier round-nosed adj.
A. adj.
= round-nosed adj.
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the world > space > shape > bluntness > [adjective] > having blunt end
pointlessc1330
unpointed1608
round-nosed1678
probe-pointed1748
round-nose1851
snoutless1862
blunt-pointed1881
butt-ended1892
blunt-topped1908
1851 A. Spiers Gen. French & Eng. Dict. (new ed.) 508/1 Rondelle... 4. Round nose chisel.
1864 Let. 19 Mar. in Official Rec. Union & Confederate Navies War of Rebellion (1921) Ser. II. II. 610 130 cast-iron round-nose shells fitted with fuses.
1866 Sci. Amer. 3 Feb. 83/2 We take a common round-nose cutter, set the index so as to divide the circle of the job we are to work on in twenty-four parts.
1915 R. H. Smith Text-bk. Adv. Machine Work (ed. 3) i. 130 A large round-nose tool for turning or facing large work.
1971 Tools & their Uses (U.S. Navy Bureau of Naval Personnel) (1973) i.19 Round-nose chisels make circular grooves and chip inside corner with a fillet.
1992 Guns Illustr. (ed. 24) 22/1 The elongated round-nose bullet was itself the first improved projectile, intended to replace the round ball used in early Colt revolvers.
2006 Get Creative Apr. 15/1 Round nose pliers are used to form loops on the ends of wire findings and for decorative wirework.
B. n.
A round-nosed bullet.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > bullet > types of bullet
pistol bullet?1591
musket bullet1598
musket ball1637
silver bullet1648
three-o(h)-three1683
pistol ball1689
musket shot1755
Biscayen1812
picket1848
rifle bolt1849
Minié ball1851
Minié1852
expanding bullet1859
navy bullet1873
two-two1895
dum-dum1897
Lee-Enfield bullet1899
rubber bullet1900
full-metal-jacket1913
round-nose1932
thirty-two1942
plastic bullet1945
baton round1968
1932 Fur-Fish-Game Feb. 27/1 The .45 Colt bullet is a flat point ball, but the flat part of the end is so small it looks like a round-nose and has the poorer killing power of it.
1964 Daily Telegram (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) 6 Oct. 11/1 The 180 grain in the round nose is favored in heavy brush where a small limb might deflect a pointed bullet.
1982 Hawk Eye (Burlington, Iowa) 12 Sept. 4/6 Even a standard round nose could have penetrated during this test.
2007 M. Ayoob Gun Digest Bk. Combat Handgunnery (ed. 6) vii. 97/2 The classic example is the old 158-grain lead round nose. It provides too much penetration and too little stopping power.

Compounds

roundnose grenadier n. a large grenadier, Coryphaenoides rupestris (family Macrouridae), which is a deep-water fish of the North Atlantic.
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1975 G. A. Rounsefell Ecol., Utilization, & Managem. Marine Fisheries xix. 341/2 Some rock (or round-nose) grenadier.
1989 W. D. Doubleday et al. in E. L. Miles Managem. World Fisheries 50 The only significant commercial catches have been..the deepwater groundfish species of Greenland halibut and roundnose grenadier.
2006 Guardian 5 Jan. i. 12/2 The scientists reviewed trawler logs for records of five deep sea by-catch species—the roundnose grenadier, onion-eye grenadier, [etc.].
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1851
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