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roundheaded

[ round-hed-id ]

adjective

  1. (of a person) possessing a round head; brachycephalic.
  2. rounded or spherical at the head, as a screw.
  3. shaped like a semicircle at the top, as a window.
  4. (usually initial capital letter) of or relating to the Roundheads, members of the Parliamentarian party in England during the civil wars of the 17th century.
  5. (usually initial capital letter) puritanical ( def 2 ).


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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • °ù´Ç³Ü²Ô»åh±ð²¹»åĻå·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of roundheaded1

First recorded in 1635–45; round 1 + headed
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Twenty-five of the nails were headless and deliberately bent at right angles; the others were complete roundheaded nails with the shanks twisted multiple times.

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There was a decline in tree mortality in 2019 due to bark beetles compared to 2018, but “large epidemics of spruce beetle and roundheaded/western pine beetles in Colorado continue to expand,†the report said.

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The larvae, called roundheaded borers, bore into wood, where they can cause extensive damage to either living trees, untreated lumber or, occasionally, to wood in buildings.

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Chamberlain knew one to speak to: a silent roundheaded man with a white wife, a farmer, living far out of town, without fhends.

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On either side of the open blue-tiled fire-place a roundheaded alcove exhibited shelves of Oriental china, and on the walls were half a dozen copies of Titians and Raphaels, large pictures at large intervals.

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