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rouncy | a common hackney horse; a nag. |
round | to whisper. |
round | 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. |
round | having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel of a musket is round. |
round | 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. |
round | full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of numbers. |
round | not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a round price. |
round | uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a round note. |
round | 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. |
round | outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath. |
round | full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt; finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with reference to their style. |
round | complete and consistent; fair; just; -- applied to conduct. |
round | anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. "the golden round" [the crown]. |
round | 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. |
round | a course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle. |
round | a series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated. |
round | a circular dance. |
round | that which goes round a whole circle or company; as, a round of applause. |
round | rotation, as in office; succession. |
round | the step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece which joins and braces the legs of a chair. |
round | a course ending where it began; a circuit; a beat; especially, one freguently or regulary traversed; also, the act of traversing a circuit; as, a watchman's round; the rounds of the postman. |
round | a walk performed by a guard or an officer round the rampart of a garrison, or among sentinels, to see that the sentinels are faithful and all things safe; also, the guard or officer, with his attendants, who performs this duty; -- usually in the plural. |
round | a general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once. |
round | ammunition for discharging a piece or pieces once; as, twenty rounds of ammunition were given out. |
round | a short vocal piece, resembling a catch in which three or four voices follow each other round in a species of canon in the unison. |
round | the time during which prize fighters or boxers are in actual contest without an intermission, as prescribed by their rules; a bout. |
round | a brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole. |
round | a vessel filled, as for drinking. |
round | an assembly; a group; a circle; as, a round of politicians. |
round | see roundtop. |
round | same as round of beef, below. |
round | on all sides; around. |
round | circularly; in a circular form or manner; by revolving or reversing one's position; as, to turn one's head round; a wheel turns round. |
round | in circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round. |
round | from one side or party to another; as to come or turn round, -- that is, to change sides or opinions. |
round | by or in a circuit; by a course longer than the direct course; back to the starting point. |
round | through a circle, as of friends or houses. |
round | roundly; fully; vigorously. |
round | on every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around; about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city; to wind a cable round a windlass. |
rounded | of round |
rounding | of round |
round | to make circular, spherical, or cylindrical; to give a round or convex figure to; as, to round a silver coin; to round the edges of anything. |
round | to surround; to encircle; to encompass. |
round | to bring to fullness or completeness; to complete; hence, to bring to a fit conclusion. |
round | to go round wholly or in part; to go about ; as, to round a corner; to round cape horn. |
round | to make full, smooth, and flowing; as, to round periods in writing. |
round | to grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection. |
round | to go round, as a guard. |
round | to go or turn round; to wheel about. |
roundabout | circuitous; going round; indirect; as, roundabout speech. |
roundabout | encircling; enveloping; comprehensive. |
roundabout | a horizontal wheel or frame, commonly with wooden horses, etc., on which children ride; a merry-go-round. |
roundabout | a dance performed in a circle. |
roundabout | a short, close jacket worn by boys, sailors, etc. |
roundabout | a state or scene of constant change, or of recurring labor and vicissitude. |
roundaboutness | the quality of being roundabout; circuitousness. |
round-arm | applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally. |
round-backed | having a round back or shoulders; round-shouldered. |
rounded | modified by contraction of the lip opening; labialized; labial. see guide to pronunciation, / 11. |
roundel | a rondelay. |
roundel | anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle. |
roundel | a small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. |
roundel | a circular spot; a sharge in the form of a small circle. |
roundel | a bastion of a circular form. |
roundelay | see rondeau, and rondel. |
roundelay | a tune in which a simple strain is often repeated; a simple rural strain which is short and lively. |
roundelay | a dance in a circle. |
roundelay | anything having a round form; a roundel. |
rounder | one who rounds; one who comes about frequently or regularly. |
rounder | a tool for making an edge or surface round. |
rounder | an english game somewhat resembling baseball; also, another english game resembling the game of fives, but played with a football. |
roundfish | any ordinary market fish, exclusive of flounders, sole, halibut, and other flatfishes. |
roundfish | a lake whitefish , less compressed than the common species. it is very abundant in british america and alaska. |
roundhead | a nickname for a puritan. see roundheads, the, in the dictionary of noted names in fiction. |
roundheaded | having a round head or top. |
roundhouse | a constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station house. |
roundhouse | a cabin or apartament on the after part of the quarter-deck, having the poop for its roof; -- sometimes called the coach. |
roundhouse | a privy near the bow of the vessel. |
roundhouse | a house for locomotive engines, built circularly around a turntable. |
rounding | round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish. |
rounding | small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; -- called also service. |
rounding | modifying a speech sound by contraction of the lip opening; labializing; labialization. see guide to pronunciation, / 11. |
roundish | somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure. |
roundlet | a little circle. |
roundly | in a round form or manner. |
roundly | openly; boldly; peremptorily; plumply. |
roundly | briskly; with speed. |
roundly | completely; vigorously; in earnest. |
roundly | without regard to detail; in gross; comprehensively; generally; as, to give numbers roundly. |
roundness | 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. |
roundness | fullness; smoothness of flow; as, the roundness of a period; the roundness of a note; roundness of tone. |
roundness | openess; plainess; boldness; positiveness; as, the roundness of an assertion. |
roundridge | to form into round ridges by plowing. |
round-shouldered | having the shoulders stooping or projecting; round-backed. |
roundsmen | of roundsman |
roundsman | a patrolman; also, a policeman who acts as an inspector over the rounds of the patrolmen. |
roundtop | a top; a platform at a masthead; -- so called because formerly round in shape. |
round-up | the act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle by riding around them and driving them in. |
roundure | roundness; a round or circle. |
roundworm | a nematoid worm. |