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Round :: Round (v. t.) To make full, smooth, and flowing; as, to round periods in writing..

Herring :: Herring (n.) One of various species of fishes of the genus Clupea, and allied genera, esp. the common round or English herring (C. harengus) of the North Atlantic. Herrings move in vast schools, coming in spring to the shores of Europe and America, where they are salted and smoked in great quantities..

Down :: Down (adv.) In a low or the lowest position, literally or figuratively; at the bottom of a decent; below the horizon; of the ground; in a condition of humility, dejection, misery, and the like; in a state of quiet..

Lamprey :: Lamprey (n.) An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus Petromyzon, and allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of Cyclostomi). There are seven small branchial openings on each side..

Tercine :: Tercine (n.) A cellular layer derived from the nucleus of an ovule and surrounding the embryo sac. Cf. Quintine.

Dress Coat :: Dress coat () A coat with skirts behind only, as distinct from the frock coat, of which the skirts surround the body. It is worn on occasions of ceremony. The dress coat of officers of the United States army is a full-skirted frock coat..

Circumnavigate :: Circumnavigate (v. t.) To sail completely round.

Grist :: Grist (n.) Ground corn; that which is ground at one time; as much grain as is carried to the mill at one time, or the meal it produces..

Escarpment :: Escarpment (n.) A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach. See Scarp..

Tig :: Tig (n.) A capacious, flat-bottomed drinking cup, generally with four handles, formerly used for passing around the table at convivial entertainment..

Collar :: Collar (n.) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft..

Collar :: Collar (n.) An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it devices to designate their rank or order..

Girth :: Girth (n.) The measure round the body, as at the waist or belly; the circumference of anything..

Engrailment :: Engrailment (n.) The ring of dots round the edge of a medal, etc..

Corticifer :: Corticifer (n.) One of the Gorgoniacea; -- so called because the fleshy part surrounds a solid axis, like a bark..

Washboard :: Washboard (n.) A board running round, and serving as a facing for, the walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard..

Deglazing :: Deglazing (n.) The process of giving a dull or ground surface to glass by acid or by mechanical means.

Impale :: Impale (v. t.) To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround..

Twist :: Twist (v. i.) To be contorted; to writhe; to be distorted by torsion; to be united by winding round each other; to be or become twisted; as, some strands will twist more easily than others..

Roundel :: Roundel (a.) A bastion of a circular form.

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