See Also: high-handed(dictionary)
high-handed(dictionary)
Rundle, A(medicine)
rundle(2)(dictionary)
rundle(1)(dictionary)
Richards-Rundle syndrome(medicine)
two-handed(dictionary)
right-handed(dictionary)
right-handed(dictionary)
even-handed(dictionary)

rundle(1) (iou) and high-handed (iou)


rundle(1) (iou)



rundle noun1. ME.
[Var. of ROUNDEL. In sense 5 perh. alt. of RUNNEL noun.]
a. = ROUNDEL 2. arch. ME.
b. A circular or spherical object. Formerly spec. = ROUNDEL 4b. arch. LME.
c. A circular enclosure or field. Now dial. L16.
a. A coil; a curve. M16-M17.
b. Botany. A circular arrangement of flowers or leaves; an umbel, a whorl. L16-E19.
Heraldry. = ROUNDEL 1b. Now rare or obsolete. M16.
a. A cylinder of wood. Formerly spec. a rung of a ladder. Cf. ROUNDEL 5a. Now rare. M16.
b. A solid wheel or barrel. Now rare. E17.
A pollard tree. dial. L17.

high-handed (iou)



high-handed adjective. E17.
[from HIGH adjective + HANDED adjective.]
Overbearing; disregarding the feelings of others, imperious.
R. Sutcliff He was annoyed by the man's high-handed manner. K. Ishiguro That there was something high-handed about these arrangements there was no denying.
high-handedly adverb L19.
high-handedness noun L19.