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[ROMANSCH.] *roun, *rown, *rowne, v. i. & t . [A. S. rúnian =to whisper, from rún =a rune, a secret colloquy, a whisper.] [ROUND (2), v ., RUNE.] A. In trans .: To whisper. "Afterwarde when they wer stepped fro the bar, they happed to be heard rowne and reioyce to gether, that the i had giuen good euidence for aquitayle of theyr felow, with whom them self had ben at the same robbery."Sir T. More. Workes ; p. 998. B. Transitive : 1. To addre or speak to in a whisper. 2. To utter in a whisper. ( Chaucer : C. T., 5,751.) *roun, *roune, s . [ROUN, v.] A whisper, speech, song. "With blosmen and with birdes roune." Reliq. Antiq., i. 241. rounçe, s. [Cf. Fr. ronce =a bramble; ranche =a round, a step, a rack.] 1. Print .: A winch with roller and strap by which the carriage or bed of a pre is run in and out under the platen. 2. Games: A game played with dominoes.