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- English Word Rouleaux Definition of Rouleau
- English Word Roulette Definition A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.
- English Word Roulette Definition A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to order to produce rows of dots.
- English Word Roulette Definition A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint.
- English Word Roulette Definition the curve traced by any point in the plane of a given curve when the latter rolls, without sliding, over another fixed curve. See Cycloid, and Epycycloid.
- English Word Rouly-pouly Definition See Rolly-pooly.
- English Word Roun Definition Alt. of Rown
- English Word Rounce Definition The handle by which the bed of a hand press, holding the form of type, etc., is run in under the platen and out again; -- sometimes applied to the whole apparatus by which the form is moved under the platen.
- English Word Rounceval Definition Large; strong; -- from the gigantic bones shown at Roncesvalles, and alleged to be those of old heroes.
- English Word Rounceval Definition A giant; anything large; a kind of pea called also marrowfat.
- English Word Rouncy Definition A common hackney horse; a nag.
- English Word Round Definition To whisper.
- English Word Round Definition Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center; spherical; circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball.
- English Word Round Definition Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel of a musket is round.
- English Word Round Definition Having a curved outline or form; especially, one like the arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface of a sphere; rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or pointed; as, a round arch; round hills.
- English Word Round Definition Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of numbers.
- English Word Round Definition Not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a round price.
- English Word Round Definition Uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a round note.
- English Word Round Definition Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, making the opening more or less round in shape; rounded; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11.
- English Word Round Definition Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath.
- English Word Round Definition Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt; finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with reference to their style.
- English Word Round Definition Complete and consistent; fair; just; -- applied to conduct.
- English Word Round Definition Anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. "The golden round" [the crown].
- English Word Round Definition A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution; as, the round of the seasons; a round of pleasures.
- English Word Round Definition A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
- English Word Round Definition A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
- English Word Round Definition A circular dance.
- English Word Round Definition That which goes round a whole circle or company; as, a round of applause.
- English Word Round Definition Rotation, as in office; succession.
- English Word Round Definition The step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece which joins and braces the legs of a chair.