rounce

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rounce - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Rounce \Rounce\ (rouns), n. [Cf. F. ronce bramble, brier, thorn,
     ranche a round, step, rack, or E. round.] (Print.)
     The handle by which the bed of a hand press, holding the form
     of type, etc., is run in under the platen and out again; --
     sometimes applied to the whole apparatus by which the form is
     moved under the platen.
     [1913 Webster]