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- English Word Rounding Definition of Round
- English Word Rounding Definition Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish.
- English Word Rounding Definition Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; -- called also service.
- English Word Rounding Definition Modifying a speech sound by contraction of the lip opening; labializing; labialization. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11.
- English Word Roundish Definition Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure.
- English Word Roundlet Definition A little circle.
- English Word Roundly Definition In a round form or manner.
- English Word Roundly Definition Openly; boldly; peremptorily; plumply.
- English Word Roundly Definition Briskly; with speed.
- English Word Roundly Definition Completely; vigorously; in earnest.
- English Word Roundly Definition Without regard to detail; in gross; comprehensively; generally; as, to give numbers roundly.
- English Word Roundness Definition The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a column, etc.
- English Word Roundness Definition Fullness; smoothness of flow; as, the roundness of a period; the roundness of a note; roundness of tone.
- English Word Roundness Definition Openess; plainess; boldness; positiveness; as, the roundness of an assertion.
- English Word Roundridge Definition To form into round ridges by plowing.
- English Word Roundsman Definition A patrolman; also, a policeman who acts as an inspector over the rounds of the patrolmen.
- English Word Roundsmen Definition of Roundsman
- English Word Roundtop Definition A top; a platform at a masthead; -- so called because formerly round in shape.
- English Word Roundure Definition Roundness; a round or circle.
- English Word Roundworm Definition A nematoid worm.
- English Word Roundy Definition Round.
- English Word Roup Definition To cry or shout; hence, to sell by auction.
- English Word Roup Definition An outcry; hence, a sale of gods by auction.
- English Word Roup Definition A disease in poultry. See Pip.
- English Word Rousant Definition Rising; -- applied to a bird in the attitude of rising; also, sometmes, to a bird in profile with wings addorsed.
- English Word Rouse Definition To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.
- English Word Rouse Definition A bumper in honor of a toast or health.
- English Word Rouse Definition A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic.
- English Word Rouse Definition To cause to start from a covert or lurking place; as, to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase.
- English Word Rouse Definition To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or suddenly.