Definition of round

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Round (adv.) By or in a circuit; by a course longer than the direct course; back to the starting point.

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Revolve :: Revolve (v. i.) To move in a curved path round a center; as, the planets revolve round the sun..
Pearl :: Pearl (v. t.) To cause to resemble pearls; to make into small round grains; as, to pearl barley..
Appropriate :: Appropriate (v. t.) To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; -- with to or for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy..
Giddy :: Giddy (superl.) Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round with celerity; gyratory; whirling.
Round-arm :: Round-arm (a.) Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally..
Pit :: Pit (n.) A vat sunk in the ground; as, a tan pit..
Poop :: Poop (n.) A deck raised above the after part of a vessel; the hindmost or after part of a vessel's hull; also, a cabin covered by such a deck. See Poop deck, under Deck. See also Roundhouse..
Notionist :: Notionist (n.) One whose opinions are ungrounded notions.
Round :: Round (v. t.) To make full, smooth, and flowing; as, to round periods in writing..
Circumbendibus :: Circumbendibus (n.) A roundabout or indirect way.
Flat Foot :: Flat foot () A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole of the foot rests upon the ground; also, the deformity, usually congential, exhibited by such a foot; splayfoot..
Globy :: Globy (a.) Resembling, or pertaining to, a globe; round; orbicular..
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground by main force; to haul; to trail; -- applied to drawing heavy or resisting bodies or those inapt for drawing, with labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing..
Calyx :: Calyx (n.) A cuplike division of the pelvis of the kidney, which surrounds one or more of the renal papillae..
Boss :: Boss (n.) Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood..
Chase :: Chase (v. i.) To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor..
Round :: Round (adv.) In circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round..
Parlor :: Parlor (n.) In large private houses, a sitting room for the family and for familiar guests, -- a room for less formal uses than the drawing-room. Esp., in modern times, the dining room of a house having few apartments, as a London house, where the dining parlor is usually on the ground floor..
Jess :: "Jess (n.) A short strap of leather or silk secured round the leg of a hawk, to which the leash or line, wrapped round the falconer's hand, was attached when used. See Illust. of Falcon..
Round-shouldered :: Round-shouldered (a.) Having the shoulders stooping or projecting; round-backed.
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