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• Overshake — O ver*shake , v. t. To shake over or away; to drive away; to disperse. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• rondeau — (roundel)    The rondeau began as one of the fixed forms of French lyric poetry characterized by the use of repetition and only two rhymes, as discussed by GUILLAUME DE MACHAUT in the Remède de Fortune (ca. 1340) and EUSTACHE DESCHAMPS in Art de… …   Encyclopedia of medieval literature