rounceval

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rounceval - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Rounceval \Roun"ce*val\, a. [F. Ronceval, Roncevaux, a town at
     the foot of the foot of the Pyrenees, Sp. Roncesvalles.]
     Large; strong; -- from the gigantic bones shown at
     Roncesvalles, and alleged to be those of old heroes. [Obs.]
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  Rounceval \Roun"ce*val\, n.
     A giant; anything large; a kind of pea called also
     marrowfat. [Obs.]
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