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Rounceval

Roun'çe-val, a.

adjective

a. [From Sp. Roncesvalles, a town at the foot of the Pyrenees.] [Obs.]

  1. Large; strong;—from the gigantic bones of the old heroes pretended to be shown at Roncesvalles.
  2. Hence, characterized as, or pertaining to, a large size of pea, now called marrow-fat. Coles.

Roun'çe-val, n.

noun

n. A giant; hence, any thing very large and strong. [Obs.]