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roundelay

Pronunciation:  'raûndi`ley

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 Definition: [n]  a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain
 
 See Also: song

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Round"e*lay\, n. [OF. rondelet, dim. of rondel. See
{Roundel}, {Roundeau}, and cf. {Roundlet}, {Rundlet}.]
1. (Poetry) See {Rondeau}, and {Rondel}.

2. (Mus.)
   (a) A tune in which a simple strain is often repeated; a
       simple rural strain which is short and lively.
       --Spenser. Tennyson.
   (b) A dance in a circle.

3. Anything having a round form; a roundel.

 

 

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