Adverb
On the curved side.
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For example, K values for cylinders settling roundside decrease as the length of the cylinder increases for a fixed cross-sectional area.
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Backside, Frontside, Downside Up. I'll show you a plate, you show me a cup. I'll show you a window, you show me a door I'll show you a two, you show me a four. Roundside, Squareside, In Between. I'll show you a red, you show me a green.
All around.
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He said, 'Then you can do anything you want to me upside, downside, roundside. But remember I can't promise that I'll stay.'
On the outside, stayin ' out On the inside, upside, downside roundside, lineside, squareside, noside She's gonna have it as many wayz as possible.
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I smelt about so I know their camp roundside about and can get about in the dark, quiet like a fox.
Noun
A curved or rounded side.
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Test the machine out as follows : Place a piece of rubber dam into the small base of the machine, and seat the flask roundside up into this base;
Plant the tubers roundside down; the buds on the concave side should be & inch below the soil surface.
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Wipe the bolete caps clean with damp paper towels and place them in the roasting pan, one next to the other, roundside down.
This (right) clock has a "double roundside" case, whereas the clock to be discussed here (left) has flat sides with broad oval mouldings, like columns, on the front — not a true "roundside."
Verb
To stay close to home or base, avoiding fieldwork.
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Wintertime a telegraph man had to roundside and overhaul equipment, unless the country happened to be the kind where the deep snows held off and let a post-hole digger get at his doings.
Banning turned to face Priggee. “Howdy, Paul. That's right. Figgered to roundside with Tom for a spell and then drop in on you.”
Warming up to her might have meant a winter's job for both of us, or at least a place to roundside for a few days with three squares set out on the table.
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Except for the men on day herd with Old Tex, there was nothing for the rest of us to do but roundside at camp.