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rounceval
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rounceval, 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. [1913 Webster]
rounceval, n.
A giant; anything large; a kind of pea called also marrowfat . [1913 Webster]
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