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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Roun"ce*val, n.

A giant; anything large; a kind of pea called also marrowfat.

[Obs.]

 

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