Rounding to Row
Rounding
(Round"ing), a. Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish.
Rounding
(Round"ing), n.
1. (Naut.) Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; —
called also service.
2. (Phonetics) Modifying a speech sound by contraction of the lip opening; labializing; labialization. See
Guide to Pronunciation, § 11.
Roundish
(Round"ish), a. Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure. — Round"ish*ness,
n.
Roundlet
(Round"let) n. A little circle. J. Gregory.
Roundly
(Round"ly), adv.
1. In a round form or manner.
2. Openly; boldly; peremptorily; plumply.
He affirms everything roundly.
Addison. 3. Briskly; with speed. locke.
Two of the outlaws walked roundly forward.
Sir W. Scott. 4. Completely; vigorously; in earnest. Shak.
5. Without regard to detail; in gross; comprehensively; generally; as, to give numbers roundly.
In speaking roundly of this period.
H. Morley. Roundness
(Round"ness), n.
1. 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.
2. Fullness; smoothness of flow; as, the roundness of a period; the roundness of a note; roundness of
tone.
3. Openess; plainess; boldness; positiveness; as, the roundness of an assertion.
Syn. — Circularity; sphericity; globosity; globularity; globularness; orbicularness; cylindricity; fullness; plumpness; rotundity.
Roundridge
(Round"ridge`) v. t. (Agric.) To form into round ridges by plowing. B. Edwards.
Round-shouldered
(Round"-shoul`dered) a. Having the shoulders stooping or projecting; round-backed.
Roundsman
(Rounds"man) n.; pl. Roundsmen A patrolman; also, a policeman who acts as an inspector
over the rounds of the patrolmen.
Roundtop
(Round"top`) n. (Naut.) A top; a platform at a masthead; — so called because formerly round
in shape.
Round-up
(Round"-up`) n. The act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle by riding around
them and driving them in. [Western U.S.]
