Definition of round

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Round (n.) 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..

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Gillyflower :: Gillyflower (n.) A kind of apple, of a roundish conical shape, purplish red color, and having a large core..
Corona :: Corona (n.) A peculiar luminous appearance, or aureola, which surrounds the sun, and which is seen only when the sun is totally eclipsed by the moon..
Periphrase :: Periphrase (n.) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution..
Whirligig :: Whirligig (n.) A child's toy, spun or whirled around like a wheel upon an axis, or like a top..
Plate :: Plate (n.) A roundel of silver or tinctured argent.
Roundness :: Roundness (n.) 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..
Grounding :: Grounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Groun.
Spot :: Spot (n.) A small part of a different color from the main part, or from the ground upon which it is; as, the spots of a leopard; the spots on a playing card..
Ectostosis :: Ectostosis (n.) A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place in the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually replaces the cartilage.
Trance :: Trance (n.) A condition, often simulating death, in which there is a total suspension of the power of voluntary movement, with abolition of all evidences of mental activity and the reduction to a minimum of all the vital functions so that the patient lies still and apparently unconscious of surrounding objects, while the pulsation of the heart and the breathing, although still present, are almost or altogether imperceptible..
Dooryard :: Dooryard (n.) A yard in front of a house or around the door of a house.
Moneywort :: Moneywort (n.) A trailing plant (Lysimachia Nummularia), with rounded opposite leaves and solitary yellow flowers in their axils..
Inwreathe :: Inwreathe (v. t.) To surround or encompass as with a wreath.
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) A round or course which is frequently gone over; as, a watchman's beat..
Garnish :: Garnish (n.) Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. See Garnish, v. t., 2..
Circumvallate :: Circumvallate (a.) Surrounded with a wall; inclosed with a rampart.
Rout :: Rout (v. i.) To search or root in the ground, as a swine..
Gratuitous :: Gratuitous (a.) Not called for by the circumstances; without reason, cause, or proof; adopted or asserted without any good ground; as, a gratuitous assumption..
Ranter :: Ranter (n.) One of the Primitive Methodists, who seceded from the Wesleyan Methodists on the ground of their deficiency in fervor and zeal; -- so called in contempt..
Welt :: Welt (n.) In shoemaking, a narrow strip of leather around a shoe, between the upper leather and sole..
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